Durweston
Durweston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies two miles northwest of the town of Blandford Forum. It is sited by the River Stour at the point where it flows out of the Blackmore Vale through a steep, narrow gap between the Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 398 residents
- Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Durweston, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Church of the Holy Trinity.
Hod Hill
Protected area
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hod Hill is a large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, 3 miles north-west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The fort sits on a 143 m chalk hill of the same name that lies between the adjacent Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blandford Forum and Turnworth.
Blandford Forum
Photo: MikeofDorset, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blandford Forum is a market town in Dorset, England, on the River Stour, 13 miles north-west of Poole. It had a population of 10,355 at the 2021 census.
Turnworth
Village
Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Turnworth is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the Dorset Downs five miles west of Blandford Forum. It consists of a few cottages and farmhouses scattered around a church and manor house. Turnworth is situated 2½ miles west of Durweston.
Iwerne Courtney
Village
Photo: David Squire, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Iwerne Courtney, also known as Shroton, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies approximately 4 miles north-west of Blandford Forum. Iwerne Courtney is situated 2½ miles north of Durweston.
Durweston
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Durweston, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.87747° or 50° 52′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.20372° or 2° 12′ 13″ westPopulation
398Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
9C2VVQGW+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 251479167OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650611Wikidata ID
Q1875936
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Durweston” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Durweston”
- Chinese: “Durweston”
- Dutch: “Durweston”
- French: “Durweston”
- Irish: “Durweston”
- Italian: “Durweston”
- Ladin: “Durweston”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Durweston”
- Polish: “Durweston”
- Swedish: “Durweston”
- Welsh: “Durweston”
- “Durweston”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Durweston CofE VA Primary School and Durweston Playing Fields.
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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 “Durweston”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.