Dorset
West Dorset District
Leigh

Leigh

Leigh is a village and civil parish in the county of in southern England, situated approximately 5 miles south-southwest of . It is known as the site of a former Miz Maze. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 480.
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  • Type: Village with 482 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England
  • Also known as: “Leigh, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parish Church of St Andrew and Chetnole railway station.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: Andrew Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small rural station serving the village of , , . The station is on the Heart of Wessex Line 21¼ miles north of towards , and 147.5 miles from the zero point at , measured via and Westbury.

Church
Photo: J D Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in the village of , , and in the Diocese of Salisbury. It is in the Three Valleys Benefice. The church, with 13th-century origins and 15th-century additions, was partly rebuilt in the 19th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Holywell and Longburton.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England, located on the A37 roughly midway between and . A tributary of the River Frome passes through the hamlet. is situated 3 miles southwest of Leigh.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Long Burton is a village in , England, three miles south of . 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. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Leigh.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in , situated just off the main A352 Sherborne-Dorchester road. It sits at the foot of Dogbury Hill, one of Dorset's highest points. is situated 4 miles southeast of Leigh.

Leigh

Latitude
50.87521° or 50° 52′ 31″ north
Longitude
-2.54494° or 2° 32′ 42″ west
Population
482
Elevation
279 feet (85 metres)
Open location code
9C2VVFG4+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5307131850
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2644666
Wiki­data ID
Q2335685
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Leigh” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Leigh”
  • Chinese: “Leigh”
  • Dutch: “Leigh”
  • French: “Leigh”
  • Irish: “Leigh”
  • Italian: “Leigh (Dorset)”
  • Italian: “Leigh”
  • Japanese: “ライ”
  • Japanese: “リー (ドーセット)”
  • Ladin: “Leigh (Dorset)”
  • Ladin: “Leigh”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Leigh (Dorset)”
  • Persian: “لی، دورست”
  • Polish: “Leigh”
  • Swedish: “Leigh, Dorset”
  • Swedish: “Leigh”
  • Welsh: “Leigh, Dorset”
  • Welsh: “Leigh”
  • “Leigh”

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Highlights include Leigh Village Hall and Castle Plantation.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Leigh”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.