Dorset
West Dorset District
Charminster

Charlton Down

Charlton Down is a new village in , England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town . It lies within the civil parish of .
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  • Type: Village with 1,460 residents
  • Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Charlton Down, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wolfeton House and St Mary’s Church, Bradford Peverell.

Manor estate
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is an early Tudor and Elizabethan manor house in , England. It is situated amongst water-meadows north-west of not far from the confluence of the rivers Frome and Cerne. It is near to the village of . is situated 1½ miles south of Charlton Down.

Church
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St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in , , England. It was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1849–50. The church is a Grade II* listed building. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Charlton Down.

Archaeological site
is the site of a scheduled Prehistoric and Roman archaeological remains and includes evidence of a Neolithic settlement, a substantial Bronze Age occupation site and an Iron Age hillfort. is situated 2 miles south of Charlton Down.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Godmanstone and Nether Cerne.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of in southern , situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town . is situated 2 miles northwest of Charlton Down.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of . It lies within the Dorset unitary authority administrative area, about 5 miles north of the county town and 12 miles south of . is situated 2½ miles north of Charlton Down.

Village
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is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of . The Great Western Railway opened and Frampton railway station and in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966. is situated 2½ miles west of Charlton Down.

Charlton Down

Latitude
50.75073° or 50° 45′ 3″ north
Longitude
-2.45649° or 2° 27′ 23″ west
Population
1,460
Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)
Open location code
9C2VQG2V+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1796473398
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12263063
Wiki­data ID
Q5086301
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Charlton Down” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Charlton Down”
  • Dutch: “Charlton Down”
  • French: “Charlton Down”
  • Irish: “Charlton Down”
  • Polish: “Charlton Down”
  • Spanish: “Charlton Down”
  • Swedish: “Charlton Down”
  • Welsh: “Charlton Down”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Charlton Down Village Hall and Charlton Down Post Office.

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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 “Charlton Down”. Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.