Grimstone
Grimstone is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of Stratton, Dorset. The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: hamlet in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Grimstone, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grimstone Viaduct and Church of St Mary.
Grimstone Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone Viaduct is a railway bridge at Grimstone in Dorset, south-western England. It carries the Heart of Wessex Line over a road junction off the A37 road. It is directly north of the site of the closed Grimstone and Frampton railway station.
St Mary’s Church, Bradford Peverell
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Bradford Peverell, Dorset, England. It was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1849–50. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muckleford and Charlton Down.
Muckleford
Hamlet
Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited by the south bank of the River Frome, among low chalk hills on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs.
Charlton Down
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton Down is a new village in Dorset, England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town Dorchester. It lies within the civil parish of Charminster. Charlton Down is situated 2½ miles east of Grimstone.
Godmanstone
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Godmanstone is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town Dorchester. Godmanstone is situated 2½ miles northeast of Grimstone.
Grimstone
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Stratton, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.74587° or 50° 44′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.51196° or 2° 30′ 43″ westElevation
262 feet (80 metres)Open location code
9C2VPFWQ+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 435145765OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Grimstone” goes by many names.
- French: “Grimstone”
- Polish: “Grimstone”
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Localities in the Area
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