Longburton
Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524.
- Type: Village with 470 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Long Burton” and “Longburton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Parish Church of St James and Folke Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Folke and Alweston.
Alweston
Village
Castleton
Village
Longburton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Longburton, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.91771° or 50° 55′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.50482° or 2° 30′ 17″ west
Population
470
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
9C2VWF9W+33
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Longburton” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Лонгбуртон”
- Cebuano: “Longburton”
- Dutch: “Longburton”
- French: “Longburton”
- Irish: “Longburton”
- Italian: “Longburton”
- Ladin: “Longburton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Longburton”
- Persian: “لانگبرتون”
- Polish: “Longburton”
- Swedish: “Longburton”
- Urdu: “لانگ برٹن”
- Welsh: “Longburton”
- “Longburton”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Leweston and North Wootton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Longburton House and Methodist Church.
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