Ashmore
Ashmore is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, 20 miles southwest of Salisbury. In the 2021 census the parish had a population of 176. It has a church and several stone cottages and farms, many with thatched roofs.- Type: Village with 176 residents
- Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ashmore, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Compton Abbas.
Compton Abbas
Aerodrome
Compton Abbas Airfield is a grass airstrip 3 miles south of Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Compton Abbas Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
Larmer Tree Gardens
Garden
The Larmer Tree Gardens near Tollard Royal in south Wiltshire, England, were created by landowner Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1880 as pleasure grounds for "public enlightenment and entertainment". Larmer Tree Gardens is situated 2 miles east of Ashmore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melbury Abbas and Compton Abbas.
Melbury Abbas
Village
Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 2 miles south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury. Melbury Abbas is situated 2½ miles northwest of Ashmore.
Compton Abbas
Village
Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies 3 miles south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk downs of Cranborne Chase. Compton Abbas is situated 3 miles west of Ashmore.
Fontmell Magna
Village
Fontmell Magna is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, close to the chalk hills of Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road five miles south of Shaftesbury and eight miles north of Blandford Forum. Fontmell Magna is situated 3 miles west of Ashmore.
Ashmore
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Ashmore, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.96018° or 50° 57′ 37″ north
Longitude
-2.12404° or 2° 7′ 27″ west
Population
176
Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)
Open location code
9C2VXV6G+39
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Ashmore” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أشمور”
- Basque: “Ashmore”
- Cebuano: “Ashmore”
- Chinese: “Ashmore”
- Dutch: “Ashmore”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اشمور”
- French: “Ashmore”
- Hebrew: “אשמור”
- Irish: “Ashmore”
- Italian: “Ashmore”
- Ladin: “Ashmore”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ashmore (Dorset)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ashmore”
- Norwegian: “Ashmore”
- Persian: “اشمور، دورست”
- Persian: “اشمور”
- Polish: “Ashmore”
- Swedish: “Ashmore, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Ashmore”
- Urdu: “ایشمور”
- Welsh: “Ashmore”
- “Ashmore”
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