Charminster
Charminster is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the River Cerne and A352 road 1 mile north of the county town Dorchester.- Type: Village with 1,370 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Charminster, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wolfeton House and Poundbury Hill.
Wolfeton House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wolfeton House is an early Tudor and Elizabethan manor house in Dorset, England. It is situated amongst water-meadows north-west of Dorchester not far from the confluence of the rivers Frome and Cerne. It is near to the village of Charminster.
Poundbury Hill
Archaeological site
Poundbury Hill is the site of a scheduled Prehistoric and Roman archaeological remains and includes evidence of a Neolithic settlement, a substantial Bronze Age occupation site and an Iron Age hillfort.
Dinosaur Museum
Museum
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dinosaur Museum is a museum presenting dinosaurs in Dorchester, the county town of Dorset, in southern England. The Dinosaur Museum is the only museum in mainland Britain dedicated purely to dinosaurs. Dinosaur Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Charminster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlton Down and Poundbury.
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.
Poundbury
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall.
Dorchester
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dorchester is the county town of Dorset. A market town with an undoubtedly long history, Dorchester has connections to Thomas Hardy, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Roman Britain, and today features a wide range of visitor attractions, independent retailers and eateries.
Charminster
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Charminster, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.73316° or 50° 43′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.45619° or 2° 27′ 22″ westPopulation
1,370Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
9C2VPGMV+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 28985975OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2653318Wikidata ID
Q1215866
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Charminster” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Charminster”
- Bulgarian: “Чарминстер”
- Catalan: “Charminster, Dorset”
- Catalan: “Charminster”
- Cebuano: “Charminster”
- Chinese: “Charminster”
- Czech: “Charminster, Dorset”
- Czech: “Charminster”
- Dutch: “Charminster”
- French: “Charminster”
- Irish: “Charminster”
- Italian: “Charminster”
- Japanese: “チャーミンスター”
- Ladin: “Charminster”
- Latin: “Charminster”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Charminster”
- Persian: “چارمینستر”
- Polish: “Charminster”
- Russian: “Чарминстер”
- Spanish: “Charminster”
- Swedish: “Charminster”
- Welsh: “Charminster”
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Notable Places Nearby
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