Dorset

Dorset is a unitary authority area within the larger ceremonial county of , South West England. It covers the entire ceremonial county with the exception of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in the south-east.
dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Wikipedia
  • Type: County with 390,000 residents
  • Description: unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Dorset, South West England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “County of Dorset” and “Dorsetshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Athelhampton Hall and Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum.

Castle
Photo: MilborneOne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle.

Museum
Photo: John H Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John's Church is a Church of England church in , , England. It was designed by Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1849–50. The church has been a Grade II listed building since 1956.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tolpuddle and Affpuddle.

Village
Photo: Gillian Moy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and , in , England, on the from which it takes its name, 8 miles east of , the county town, and 12 miles west of .

Hamlet
Photo: Ydigresse, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district of the ceremonial county of , England, 9 miles east of .

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town . Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80.

Dorset

Latitude
50.75° or 50° 45′ north
Longitude
-2.3333° or 2° 20′ west
Population
390,000
Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)
Abbreviation
“DOR”
Open location code
9C2VQM28+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302323930
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2651079
Wiki­data ID
Q55231693
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Dorset” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دورست”
  • Armenian: “Դորսետ”
  • Belarusian: “Дорсет”
  • Belarusian: “Дорсэт”
  • Bulgarian: “Дорсет”
  • Catalan: “Dorset”
  • Cebuano: “Dorset (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Dorset”
  • Chinese: “Dorset”
  • Chinese: “多塞特”
  • Chinese: “多塞特郡”
  • Dutch: “Dorset (district)”
  • Dutch: “Dorset”
  • French: “Dorset”
  • Galician: “Dorset”
  • German: “Dorset”
  • Greek: “κομητεία του Ντόρσετ”
  • Greek: “Ντόρσετ”
  • Hebrew: “דורסט”
  • Hindi: “डॉर्सेट”
  • Italian: “Dorset”
  • Japanese: “ドーセット”
  • Korean: “도싯 주”
  • Latin: “Dorcestria”
  • Latvian: “Dorseta”
  • Lithuanian: “Dorsetas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grofschaft Dorset”
  • Malayalam: “ഡോർസെറ്റ്”
  • Manipuri: “ꯗꯣꯔꯁꯦꯠ”
  • Marathi: “डॉर्सेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dorset (koān)”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dorsæte”
  • Persian: “دورست”
  • Polish: “Dorset (dystrykt)”
  • Polish: “Dorset”
  • Portuguese: “Dorset”
  • Russian: “Дорсет”
  • Slovenian: “Dorset”
  • Spanish: “Dorset”
  • Swedish: “Dorset”
  • Thai: “ดอร์เซต”
  • Ukrainian: “Дорсет”
  • Welsh: “Dorset (awdurdod unedol)”
  • Welsh: “Dorset (awdurdol unedol)”
  • Welsh: “Dorset”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈورسٹ”
  • Yiddish: “דארסעט”
  • Yue Chinese: “多實郡”

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Localities in the Area

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