West Stour
West Stour is a village and civil parish situated in the Blackmore Vale area of north Dorset, England. It is one of a group of villages known as The Stours, located in the River Stour Valley, five miles south of Gillingham.Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 183 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “West Stour, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and The Ship Inn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fifehead Wood and Bugley.
Fifehead Wood
Locality
Fifehead Wood is a woodland in Dorset, England, near the village of Fifehead Magdalen. Owned and maintained by the Woodland Trust, Fifehead Wood covers a total area of 20.36 hectares, and is situated upon a ridge of Corallian Limestone within the depths of Blackmoor Vale.
Bugley
Hamlet
Bugley is a small hamlet in the county of Dorset, England. The River Stour runs past the hamlet. It is close to the town of Gillingham.
Kington Magna
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kington Magna is a village and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles southwest of Gillingham.
West Stour
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: West Stour, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00417° or 51° 0′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.30997° or 2° 18′ 36″ westPopulation
183Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
9C3V2M3R+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 868497545OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263188Wikidata ID
Q2254490
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“West Stour” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Stour”
- Chinese: “West Stour”
- Dutch: “West Stour”
- French: “West Stour”
- Irish: “West Stour”
- Italian: “West Stour”
- Ladin: “West Stour”
- Min Nan Chinese: “West Stour”
- Persian: “وست استور، دورست”
- Polish: “West Stour”
- Swedish: “West Stour”
- Welsh: “West Stour, Dorset”
- Welsh: “West Stour”
- “West Stour”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Church Farm Estate and Fifehead Magdalen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Stour Village Hall and The West Stour Conservation Area.
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