West Country
Dorset
Purbeck District

Church Knowle

Church Knowle is a village and civil parish on the in the county of in the south of England. Church Knowle village is situated about 1 mile west of , 4 miles south of and 6 miles west of .
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  • Type: Village with 289 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Church Knowle, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corfe Castle and Blue Pool.

Castle
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is a fortification standing above the on the peninsula in the English county of . Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the on the route between and .

Lake
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is a flooded, disused clay pit where Purbeck ball clay was once extracted. It is now a lake within the Furzebrook Estate, a 25-acre park of heath woodland and gorse near on the , in the county of , southern .

Railway station
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is a railway station located one mile to the north of the village of , on the in the county of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corfe Castle and Wareham.

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is a village in and the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The medieval castle, built by William the Conqueror, dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage.

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is a romantic and unforgettable old town in , UK. It lives within its earthen walls, with ramparts north, east and west and a river to the south.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of with Tyneham, in the county of . It is situated 8 miles west of the coastal resort town of at the foot of .

Church Knowle

Latitude
50.636° or 50° 38′ 10″ north
Longitude
-2.0857° or 2° 5′ 9″ west
Population
289
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
Open location code
9C2VJWP7+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768385742
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7297601
Wiki­data ID
Q984254
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Church Knowle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Church Knowle”
  • Chinese: “Church Knowle”
  • Dutch: “Church Knowle”
  • French: “Church Knowle”
  • German: “Church Knowle”
  • Irish: “Church Knowle”
  • Italian: “Church Knowle”
  • Ladin: “Church Knowle”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Church Knowle”
  • Persian: “چرچ، نوول”
  • Polish: “Church Knowle”
  • Swedish: “Church Knowle”
  • Turkish: “Church Knowle”
  • Welsh: “Church Knowle”
  • “Church Knowle”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cocknowle and Bucknowle.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Peter and The New Inn.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Church Knowle”. Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.