Alweston
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Alweston, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Folke Wood and Parish Church of St Lawrence.
Folke Wood
Forest
Folke Wood is a wood near Folke in Dorset, England. It was planted by the Woodland Trust in 1985. It consists of native broadleaved trees as well as apple and ash trees. The apple trees are the remains of an orchard which existed in the 19th century.
St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Caundle Marsh
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter and St Paul's Church is a Church of England parish church in Caundle Marsh, Dorset, England. It was designed by Robert Howard Shout and built in 1856–57. The church is a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longburton and Castleton.
Longburton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524.
Castleton
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle. Castleton is situated 2 miles northwest of Alweston.
Sherborne
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sherborne is a small town in England. A market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset, it's sited on the River Yeo on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.
Alweston
- Category: locality
- Location: Folke, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.92662° or 50° 55′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.47849° or 2° 28′ 43″ westElevation
318 feet (97 metres)Open location code
9C2VWGGC+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 435166293OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Alweston” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Alweston”
- French: “Alweston”
- Irish: “Alweston”
- Polish: “Alweston”
- Welsh: “Alweston”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as North Wootton and Caundle Marsh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alweston Post Office and Folke Golf Centre.
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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 “Alweston”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.