Holwell
Holwell is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 5 miles south-east of Sherborne. It is sited on Oxford clay in the Blackmore Vale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 404 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Holwell, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Lawrence and King’s Stag Memorial Chapel.
King’s Stag Memorial Chapel
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King's Stag Memorial Chapel is a Church of England chapel in King's Stag, Dorset, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingston and Folke.
Kingston
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston is a hamlet, which is situated 3 miles east of Holwell.
Folke
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Folke is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately 3.5 miles south-east of Sherborne. The parish has an area of 2,120 acres and is made of the villages of Folke and Alweston, and the hamlet of Bishops Down. Folke is situated 3 miles northwest of Holwell.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. Alweston is situated 3 miles northwest of Holwell.
Holwell
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Holwell, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.89628° or 50° 53′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.42229° or 2° 25′ 20″ westPopulation
404Elevation
259 feet (79 metres)Open location code
9C2VVHWH+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 435166323OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2646692Wikidata ID
Q1831285
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Holwell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Holwell”
- Chinese: “Holwell”
- Dutch: “Holwell”
- French: “Holwell”
- Irish: “Holwell”
- Ladin: “Holwell”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Holwell (Dorset)”
- Persian: “هالول، دورست”
- Polish: “Holwell”
- Swedish: “Holwell, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Holwell”
- Welsh: “Holwell, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Holwell”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include King’s Stag Post Office and Northfields Withy Bed.
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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 “Holwell”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.