Frampton
Frampton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 5 miles northwest of the county town Dorchester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 510 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, UK
- Also known as: “Frampton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Grimstone Viaduct.
Grimstone Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone Viaduct is a railway bridge at Grimstone in Dorset, south-western England. It carries the Heart of Wessex Line over a road junction off the A37 road. It is directly north of the site of the closed Grimstone and Frampton railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Poundbury and Muckleford.
Poundbury
Suburb
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Poundbury is situated 4 miles southeast of Frampton.
Muckleford
Hamlet
Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited by the south bank of the River Frome, among low chalk hills on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs.
Grimstone
Village
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of Stratton, Dorset. The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966.
Frampton
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Frampton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Frampton”
- Chinese: “Frampton”
- Dutch: “Frampton”
- French: “Frampton”
- Irish: “Frampton”
- Italian: “Frampton (Dorset)”
- Italian: “Frampton”
- Japanese: “フランプトン”
- Ladin: “Frampton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Frampton (Dorset)”
- Persian: “فرمپتون، دورست”
- Polish: “Frampton”
- Swedish: “Frampton, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Frampton”
- Welsh: “Frampton, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Frampton”
- “Frampton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Compton Valence Hill and Maiden Newton railway station.
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