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Sixpenny Handley

Sixpenny Handley

Sixpenny Handley or Handley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in north east , England, situated on ten miles north east of .
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  • Type: Village with 906 residents
  • Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Sixpenny Handley, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Mary and Wor Barrow.

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

Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Neolithic long barrow on , about 1 mile east of Sixpenny Handley in , England. It is a scheduled monument. Its excavation by Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1893–1894 has been described as "an important event in the study of British archaeology".

Nature reserve
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 34-hectare woodland in , , , near the boundary with . It is at grid reference SU004190, around 15 km SE of and around 3 km north of the village of Sixpenny Handley, owned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to protect species living in the region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pentridge and Woodyates.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and , in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of , England, lying in the north-east of the county. is situated 2½ miles east of Sixpenny Handley.

Hamlet
Photo: Paul Billington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet, sometimes considered a village, in the civil parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in the county of , near its border with , in the west of England. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sixpenny Handley.

Village
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Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in , in the south of . At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the , ten miles from and fourteen miles from . is situated 3½ miles south of Sixpenny Handley.

Sixpenny Handley

Latitude
50.95342° or 50° 57′ 12″ north
Longitude
-2.00392° or 2° 0′ 14″ west
Population
906
Elevation
276 feet (84 metres)
Open location code
9C2VXX3W+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30782058
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2647532
Wiki­data ID
Q1811716
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sixpenny Handley” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Chinese: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Dutch: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • French: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Irish: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Italian: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Persian: “سیکسپنی هنلی”
  • Polish: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Spanish: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Swedish: “Sixpenny Handley”
  • Welsh: “Sixpenny Handley”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Church Farm Campsite and Sixpenny Handley First School.

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