Longburton

Longburton or Long Burton is a village in , England, three miles south of . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sherborne Castle and Folke Wood.

Castle
Photo: JackPeasePhotography, CC BY 2.0.
is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of in , , within the parish of . Originally built by Sir Walter Raleigh as Sherborne Lodge, and extended in the 1620s, it stands in a 1,200-acre park which formed a small part of the 15,000-acre Digby estate. is situated 2 miles north of Longburton.

Forest
is a wood near in , . It was planted by the Woodland Trust in 1985. It consists of native broadleaved trees as well as apple and ash trees. The apple trees are the remains of an orchard which existed in the 19th century.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sherborne and Folke.

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is a small town in . A market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset, it's sited on the River Yeo on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.

Village
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is a parish in the county of in southern , situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately 3.5 miles south-east of . The parish has an area of 2,120 acres and is made of the villages of and Alweston, and the hamlet of Bishops Down.

Longburton

Latitude
50.9143° or 50° 54′ 51″ north
Longitude
-2.5011° or 2° 30′ 4″ west
Elevation
305 feet (93 metres)
Open location code
9C2VWF7X+PH
Geo­Names ID
7298409
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