Stratton
Stratton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley about 3 miles north-west of Dorchester. The parish includes the hamlets of Grimstone, Ash Hill and Wrackleford which, like the village, lie on or near the A37 trunk road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 627 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Stratton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Bradford Peverell and Grimstone Viaduct.
St Mary’s Church, Bradford Peverell
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Bradford Peverell, Dorset, England. It was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1849–50. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
Grimstone Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone Viaduct is a railway bridge at Grimstone in Dorset, south-western England. It carries the Heart of Wessex Line over a road junction off the A37 road. It is directly north of the site of the closed Grimstone and Frampton railway station.
Wolfeton House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wolfeton House is an early Tudor and Elizabethan manor house in Dorset, England. It is situated amongst water-meadows north-west of Dorchester not far from the confluence of the rivers Frome and Cerne. It is near to the village of Charminster. Wolfeton House is situated 2 miles southeast of Stratton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grimstone and Muckleford.
Grimstone
Village
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of Stratton, Dorset. The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966.
Muckleford
Hamlet
Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited by the south bank of the River Frome, among low chalk hills on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs.
Charlton Down
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton Down is a new village in Dorset, England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town Dorchester. It lies within the civil parish of Charminster. Charlton Down is situated 2 miles east of Stratton.
Stratton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bradford Peverell, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.74292° or 50° 44′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.4949° or 2° 29′ 42″ westPopulation
627Elevation
413 feet (126 metres)Open location code
9C2VPGV4+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 385349556OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2636682Wikidata ID
Q2152236
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Stratton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stratton (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Stratton”
- Chinese: “Stratton”
- Dutch: “Stratton”
- French: “Stratton”
- Irish: “Stratton”
- Italian: “Stratton (Dorset)”
- Italian: “Stratton”
- Ladin: “Stratton (Dorset)”
- Ladin: “Stratton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Stratton (Dorset)”
- Persian: “استراتون، دورست”
- Persian: “استراتون”
- Polish: “Stratton”
- Swedish: “Stratton (parish)”
- Swedish: “Stratton, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Stratton, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Stratton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Mary the Virgin, Stratton and Bradford Peverell Village Hall.
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