Dorset
West Dorset District
Cerne Abbas

Cerne Abbas

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  • Type: Village with 784 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Cerne Abbas, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cerne Abbas Giant and Cerne Abbas Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School.

The , or Cerne Giant, is a hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas, in , England. It is currently owned by the National Trust, and listed as a scheduled monument of England.

School
Photo: BreaksOff, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Convenience store
Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a convenience store.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Up Cerne and Nether Cerne.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet lying to the west of the River Cerne, between and Cerne Abbas in , . It was the birthplace of John Mount Batten.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of . It lies within the Dorset unitary authority administrative area, about 5 miles north of the county town and 12 miles south of . is situated 2 miles south of Cerne Abbas.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in west , England. It is situated at the head of Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome, ten miles north of . The hamlet is in the parish of , about a mile north of the village. is situated 2½ miles west of Cerne Abbas.

Cerne Abbas

Latitude
50.80895° or 50° 48′ 32″ north
Longitude
-2.47839° or 2° 28′ 42″ west
Population
784
Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)
Open location code
9C2VRG5C+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29212982
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2653423
Wiki­data ID
Q539724
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Cerne Abbas” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Catalan: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Cebuano: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Chinese: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Chinese: “塞那阿巴斯”
  • Chinese: “瑟恩阿伯斯”
  • Dutch: “Cerne Abbas”
  • French: “Cerne Abbas”
  • German: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Greek: “Σερν Άμπας”
  • Irish: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Italian: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Ladin: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Latin: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Persian: “کرن، اباس”
  • Polish: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Portuguese: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Slovenian: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Spanish: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Swedish: “Cerne Abbas”
  • Ukrainian: “Серн-Еббас”
  • Welsh: “Cerne Abbas”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The New Inn and Cerne Abbas Post Office.

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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 Wikivoyage page “Cerne Abbas”. Photo: SuzanneKn, Public domain.