Holnest
Holnest is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Blackmore Vale 4 miles south of Sherborne. It is a scattered village, sited on Oxford clay which is drained by a small stream called The Cam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 206 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Holnest, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Church of St Mary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longburton and Folke.
Longburton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524. Longburton is situated 2½ miles north of Holnest.
Folke
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Folke is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately 3.5 miles south-east of Sherborne. The parish has an area of 2,120 acres and is made of the villages of Folke and Alweston, and the hamlet of Bishops Down. Folke is situated 2½ miles north of Holnest.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. Alweston is situated 3 miles north of Holnest.
Holnest
- 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 Bulgarian to Welsh—“Holnest” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Холнест”
- Cebuano: “Holnest”
- Chinese: “Holnest”
- Dutch: “Holnest”
- French: “Holnest”
- Irish: “Holnest”
- Italian: “Holnest”
- Ladin: “Holnest”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Holnest”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Holnest”
- Norwegian: “Holnest”
- Persian: “هولنست”
- Polish: “Holnest”
- Swedish: “Holnest”
- Welsh: “Holnest”
- “Holnest”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Holnest and Osehill Green.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leigh Drummers; The Castle and Dungeon Hill.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Holnest”. Photo: Val Ghose, CC BY-SA 2.0.