East Stour
East Stour is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the Dorset administrative district, about two miles south of the town of Gillingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 573 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “East Stour, Dorset” and “Stour”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christ Church and Church of St Mary.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in East Stour, Dorset, England. The church, a Grade II listed building, was designed by George Alexander and built in 1841–42. Today the church forms part of the Stour Vale Benefice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bugley and Duncliffe Wood.
Bugley
Hamlet
Bugley is a small hamlet in the county of Dorset, England. The River Stour runs past the hamlet. It is close to the town of Gillingham.
Duncliffe Wood
Locality
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duncliffe Wood is an ancient woodland on the summit of Duncliffe Hill, a few miles west of Shaftesbury. The area of the site is 92.16 hectares, making it one of the largest ancient woodlands in North Dorset. Duncliffe Wood is situated 1½ miles east of East Stour.
Stour Row
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stour Row is a village in north Dorset, England, situated beside Duncliffe Hill three miles southwest of Shaftesbury. It lies within the parish of the neighbouring village of Stour Provost. Stour Row is situated 2 miles southeast of East Stour.
East Stour
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: East Stour, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00696° or 51° 0′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.2883° or 2° 17′ 18″ westPopulation
573Elevation
322 feet (98 metres)Open location code
9C3V2P46+QMOpenStreetMap ID
node 435226064OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650332Wikidata ID
Q2955376
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“East Stour” goes by many names.
- Basque: “East Stour (Dorset)”
- Basque: “East Stour”
- Catalan: “East Stour”
- Cebuano: “East Stour”
- Chinese: “East Stour”
- Dutch: “East Stour”
- French: “East Stour”
- Irish: “East Stour”
- Italian: “East Stour”
- Ladin: “East Stour”
- Min Nan Chinese: “East Stour”
- Persian: “استاور شرقی، دورست”
- Persian: “استاور شرقی”
- Polish: “East Stour”
- Spanish: “East Stour, Dorset”
- Spanish: “East Stour”
- Swedish: “East Stour”
- Welsh: “East Stour, Dorset”
- Welsh: “East Stour”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “East Stour”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.