West Stafford
West Stafford is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley 2 miles east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 291.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 284 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “West Stafford, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Saint Andrew and Mount Pleasant henge.
Mount Pleasant henge
Archaeological site
Kingston Maurward House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston Maurward House is a large Grade I listed Georgian English country house set in a 750-acre estate in Dorset situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorchester and Woodsford.
Dorchester
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dorchester is the county town of Dorset. A market town with an undoubtedly long history, Dorchester has connections to Thomas Hardy, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Roman Britain, and today features a wide range of visitor attractions, independent retailers and eateries.
Woodsford
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. Woodsford is situated 2½ miles east of West Stafford.
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 west of West Stafford.
West Stafford
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: West Stafford, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.70475° or 50° 42′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.38952° or 2° 23′ 22″ westPopulation
284Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9C2VPJ36+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1557585869OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12262941Wikidata ID
Q2435206
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“West Stafford” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Stafford”
- Chinese: “West Stafford”
- Dutch: “West Stafford”
- French: “West Stafford”
- Irish: “West Stafford”
- Italian: “West Stafford”
- Ladin: “West Stafford”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Stafford”
- Persian: “وست استافورد”
- Polish: “West Stafford”
- Swedish: “West Stafford”
- Welsh: “West Stafford”
- “West Stafford”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parsonage Plantation and Cook’s Plantation.
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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 “West Stafford”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.