Folke
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.
- Type: Village with 321 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Folke, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sherborne Castle and Folke Wood.
St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Caundle Marsh
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherborne and Longburton.
Longburton
Village
Castleton
Village
Folke
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9185° or 50° 55′ 7″ north
Longitude
-2.4854° or 2° 29′ 7″ west
Population
321
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
Open location code
9C2VWG97+9V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Folke” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Фолке”
- Cebuano: “Folke”
- Dutch: “Folke”
- French: “Folke”
- Irish: “Folke”
- Ladin: “Folke”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Folke”
- Polish: “Folke”
- Swedish: “Folke (parish i Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “Folke, England”
- Urdu: “فولک، ڈورسیٹ”
- Welsh: “Folke”
- “Folke”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Alweston and North Wootton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Parish Church of St Lawrence and Folke Cottage.
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