Stour Provost
Stour Provost is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Sturminster Newton and Gillingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 573 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Stour Provost, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary Magdalen and Christ Church.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in East Stour, Dorset, England. The church, a Grade II listed building, was designed by George Alexander and built in 1841–42. Today the church forms part of the Stour Vale Benefice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fifehead Wood and Stour Row.
Fifehead Wood
Locality
Fifehead Wood is a woodland in Dorset, England, near the village of Fifehead Magdalen. Owned and maintained by the Woodland Trust, Fifehead Wood covers a total area of 20.36 hectares, and is situated upon a ridge of Corallian Limestone within the depths of Blackmoor Vale.
Stour Row
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stour Row is a village in north Dorset, England, situated beside Duncliffe Hill three miles southwest of Shaftesbury. It lies within the parish of the neighbouring village of Stour Provost. Stour Row is situated 2 miles east of Stour Provost.
Bugley
Hamlet
Bugley is a small hamlet in the county of Dorset, England. The River Stour runs past the hamlet. It is close to the town of Gillingham. Bugley is situated 2 miles north of Stour Provost.
Stour Provost
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Stour Provost, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.99298° or 50° 59′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.2968° or 2° 17′ 49″ westPopulation
573Elevation
295 feet (90 metres)Open location code
9C2VXPV3+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 435226071OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2636766Wikidata ID
Q2115143
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Stour Provost” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stour Provost”
- Chinese: “Stour Provost”
- Dutch: “Stour Provost”
- French: “Stour Provost”
- Irish: “Stour Provost”
- Italian: “Stour Provost”
- Ladin: “Stour Provost”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Stour Provost”
- Persian: “استور پرووست”
- Polish: “Stour Provost”
- Swedish: “Stour Provost”
- Welsh: “Stour Provost”
- “Stour Provost”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stour Provost Village Hall and St Michael & All Angels.
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