Horton
Horton is a village in Dorset, England, situated on the boundary between the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Heaths, and ten miles north of Poole. The village has a population of 515.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Wolfrida and Church of the Ascension.
All Saints’ Church, Chalbury
Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church is a Church of England church in Chalbury, Dorset, England. It has 13th-century origins, with later alterations and additions, and many 18th-century furnishings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Verwood and Three Legged Cross.
Verwood
Town
Photo: Stuart Buchan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies 10 miles north of Bournemouth and 13 miles north east of Poole as the crow flies. Verwood is situated 3 miles east of Horton.
Three Legged Cross
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Three Legged Cross is an extended village within Verwood civil parish in east Dorset, England. It lies to the south of the town of Verwood and to the north of West Moors. Its population in 2014 was estimated at 2,740. Three Legged Cross is situated 2½ miles southeast of Horton.
Hinton Martell
Village
Photo: Jim Probert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinton Martell is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county, three miles north of the town of Wimborne Minster. Hinton Martell is situated 2½ miles west of Horton.
Horton
- Type: Locality
- Location: East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8657° or 50° 51′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.9346° or 1° 56′ 4″ westElevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9C2WV388+75GeoNames ID
7296617
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