Langton Herring
Langton Herring is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies about 5 miles north-west of the coastal resort town of Weymouth.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 135 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Langton Herring, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s Church, Langton Herring and Chesil Beach.
St Peter’s Church, Langton Herring
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is a Grade II listed church in the village of Langton Herring, Dorset, England. The church stands behind The Elm Tree Inn public house.
Chesil Beach
Beach
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chesil Beach is a major shingle beach structure in Dorset, England. Behind the beach is the Fleet, a shallow tidal lagoon. The beach runs for a length of 29 kilometres from West Bay to the Isle of Portland and in places is up to 15 metres high and 200 metres wide. Chesil Beach is situated 2 miles south of Langton Herring.
Moonfleet Manor Hotel
Hotel
Photo: markf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moonfleet Manor Hotel is a hotel and former manor house in Fleet, Dorset, England. With 17th century origins, much of the house dates to the 18th and 19th centuries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbotsbury and Nottington.
Abbotsbury
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abbotsbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is located around 7+1⁄2 miles west southwest of Dorchester and 1 mile inland from the English Channel coast.
Nottington
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nottington is a village within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county of Dorset, England. Its nearest town is Weymouth, which lies approximately 2.6 miles to the south-east. Nottington is situated 3 miles east of Langton Herring.
Broadwey
Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadwey was a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England. It lies on the B3159 road. In 2001, Broadwey and Upwey ward had a population of 4,349. St Nicholas' Church serves the suburb, as did Broadwey Methodist Church until 2021. Broadwey is situated 3½ miles east of Langton Herring.
Langton Herring
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Langton Herring, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.64103° or 50° 38′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.54784° or 2° 32′ 52″ westPopulation
135Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C2VJFR2+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 634440811OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12262898Wikidata ID
Q302200
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Langton Herring” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Langton Herring”
- Chinese: “Langton Herring”
- Dutch: “Langton Herring”
- French: “Langton Herring”
- Irish: “Langton Herring”
- Italian: “Langton Herring”
- Ladin: “Langton Herring”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Langton Herring”
- Persian: “لنگتون هرینگ”
- Polish: “Langton Herring”
- Swedish: “Langton Herring”
- Welsh: “Langton Herring”
- “Langton Herring”
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