Winterbourne Abbas
Winterbourne Abbas is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road 5 miles west of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 355.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 652 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, UK
- Also known as: “Winterborne Abbas” and “Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Nine Stones.
Nine Stones
Archaeological site
Photo: Michael Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Nine Stones, also known as the Devil's Nine Stones, the Nine Ladies, or Lady Williams and her Dog, is a stone circle located near to the village of Winterbourne Abbas in the southwestern English county of Dorset.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muckleford and Grimstone.
Muckleford
Hamlet
Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited by the south bank of the River Frome, among low chalk hills on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. Muckleford is situated 2 miles northeast of Winterbourne Abbas.
Grimstone
Village
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of Stratton, Dorset. The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966. Grimstone is situated 2½ miles northeast of Winterbourne Abbas.
Poundbury
Suburb
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. Poundbury is situated 3½ miles east of Winterbourne Abbas.
Winterbourne Abbas
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Winterbourne Abbas, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.71342° or 50° 42′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.54255° or 2° 32′ 33″ westPopulation
652Elevation
331 feet (101 metres)Open location code
9C2VPF74+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 435145768OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8224217Wikidata ID
Q4779575
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Winterbourne Abbas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Chinese: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Dutch: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- French: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Irish: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Italian: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Ladin: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Persian: “وینتربورن ابباس”
- Polish: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Spanish: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Swedish: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- Welsh: “Winterbourne Abbas”
- “Winterbourne Abbas”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School and Riverside Cottage.
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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 “Winterbourne Abbas”. Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.