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Turnworth

Turnworth is a small village and civil parish in north , , situated on the Dorset Downs five miles west of . It consists of a few cottages and farmhouses scattered around a church and manor house.
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  • Type: Village with 47 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Turnworth, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Mary and Shillingstone Quarry.

Church
Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Quarry
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
SSSI, Dorset is an 8.13 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in , , notified in 1995.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Parish Church of St Eustace is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the village of , . It stands to the south of the village, on a steep hillside. The parish is part of the Benefice of Hazelbury Bryan and the Hillside Parishes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blandford Forum and Child Okeford.

Photo: MikeofDorset, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a market town in , England, on the River Stour, 13 miles north-west of . It had a population of 10,355 at the 2021 census.

Village
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the county of in southern England, 3 miles east of the small town of . lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village. is situated 3½ miles north of Turnworth.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in , , around 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of . In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 40. is situated 3 miles south of Turnworth.

Turnworth

Latitude
50.8677° or 50° 52′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.2556° or 2° 15′ 20″ west
Population
47
Elevation
515 feet (157 metres)
Open location code
9C2VVP9V+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1000073568
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7291264
Wiki­data ID
Q2493633
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Turnworth” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Turnworth”
  • Chinese: “Turnworth”
  • Dutch: “Turnworth”
  • French: “Turnworth”
  • Irish: “Turnworth”
  • Ladin: “Turnworth”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Turnworth”
  • Polish: “Turnworth”
  • Swedish: “Turnworth”
  • “Turnworth”

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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 Wikipedia page “Turnworth”. Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.