Frome Vauchurch

Frome Vauchurch is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately 7 miles northwest of the county town Dorchester. It includes the hamlets of Frome Vauchurch, Higher Frome Vauchurch, Lower Frome Vauchurch and Tollerford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maiden Newton railway station and Church of St Laurence.

Maiden Newton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Maiden Newton railway station is a railway station serving the village of Maiden Newton in Dorset, England. The station is located on the Heart of Wessex Line, 154.12 miles from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Swindon and Westbury.

Church of St Laurence

Church

Photo: Derek Voller, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of the Holy Trinity

Church

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chalmington and Up Sydling.

Chalmington

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chalmington is a small hamlet close to the village of Cattistock, in west Dorset, England. Chalmington is situated 2 miles north of Frome Vauchurch.

Up Sydling

Hamlet

Up Sydling is a hamlet in west Dorset, England. It is situated at the head of Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome, ten miles north of Dorchester. The hamlet is in the parish of Sydling St Nicholas, about a mile north of the village. Up Sydling is situated 3 miles northeast of Frome Vauchurch.

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. Grimstone is situated 3½ miles southeast of Frome Vauchurch.

Frome Vauchurch

Type: Locality
Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.7742° or 50° 46′ 27″ north

Longitude

-2.5759° or 2° 34′ 33″ west

Elevation

374 feet (114 metres)

Open location code

9C2VQCFF+MJ

GeoNames ID

7291288

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