Hooke
Hooke is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated about 7 miles northeast of the town of Bridport. It is sited in the valley of the short River Hooke, a tributary of the River Frome, amongst the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 149 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Hook” and “Hooke, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Giles and Hooke Court.
Hooke Court
Hotel
Photo: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hooke Court is a 17th-century manor house in the parish of Hooke in Dorset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building built around the time of the English Civil War.
Mapperton Manor House
Historic house
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mapperton Manor House is a historic house, which is situated 2 miles west of Hooke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rampisham Down and Toller Whelme.
Rampisham Down
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rampisham Down is a chalk hill in the Dorset Downs, eight miles north west of Dorchester in west Dorset, England. The highest part of the hill is 221 metres.
Toller Whelme
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Toller Whelme is a small hamlet in Dorset, England, situated in the civil parish of Corscombe approximately 2.3 miles east of Beaminster, 6 miles north of Bridport and 13 miles north-west of Dorchester.
North Poorton
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Poorton is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority area about 4.5 miles northeast of Bridport. Dorset County Council estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013. North Poorton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Hooke.
Hooke
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Hooke, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.79911° or 50° 47′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.65929° or 2° 39′ 33″ westPopulation
149Elevation
453 feet (138 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB IHOOpen location code
9C2VQ8XR+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 432945246OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hooke” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hooke”
- Chinese: “Hooke”
- Dutch: “Hooke”
- French: “Hooke”
- Irish: “Hooke”
- Italian: “Hooke (Dorset)”
- Italian: “Hooke”
- Ladin: “Hooke”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hooke”
- Persian: “هوک، دورست”
- Polish: “Hooke”
- Swedish: “Hooke, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Hooke”
- Welsh: “Hooke, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Hooke”
- “Hooke”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Higher Kingcombe and Mount Pleasant.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hooke Park College and Rampisham Down SSSI.
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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 “Hooke”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.