Askerswell
Askerswell is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies 11 miles west of the county town Dorchester.- Type: Village with 160 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Askerswell, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Michael and Eggardon Hill.
Eggardon Hill
Meadow
Shipton Hill Settlement
Archaeological site
The Shipton Hill Settlement is an archaeological site, a defended settlement of the Iron Age, near Shipton Gorge in Dorset, England. It is a scheduled monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chilcombe and Uploders.
Chilcombe
Hamlet
Chilcombe is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority administrative area about 4 miles east of Bridport and 10 miles west of the county town, Dorchester.
Uploders
Hamlet
Uploders is a small village in Dorset, England. It consists mainly of houses, and has a pub, the Crown, a Grade II listed Methodist chapel and a playing field. Uploders is situated 1½ miles northwest of Askerswell.
Shipton Gorge
Village
Shipton Gorge is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, 3 miles east of Bridport. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Shipton Gorge parish is 350. Shipton Gorge is situated 2 miles west of Askerswell.
Askerswell
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Askerswell, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.73219° or 50° 43′ 56″ north
Longitude
-2.66818° or 2° 40′ 5″ west
Population
160
Elevation
259 feet (79 metres)
Open location code
9C2VP8JJ+VP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Askerswell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Askerswell”
- Chinese: “Askerswell”
- Dutch: “Askerswell”
- French: “Askerswell”
- Irish: “Askerswell”
- Italian: “Askerswell”
- Ladin: “Askerswell”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Askerswell”
- Polish: “Askerswell”
- Swedish: “Askerswell”
- Urdu: “اسکرزویل”
- Welsh: “Askerswell”
- “Askerswell”
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