Plush
Plush is a small village in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the civil parish of Piddletrenthide in the west of the county, and is approximately 8 miles north of the county town Dorchester.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Plush, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Brace of Pheasants and Church of St John the Baptist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorsetshire Gap and Melcombe Bingham.
Dorsetshire Gap
Locality
Photo: Carl Whitehouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dorsetshire Gap, also called the Dorset Gap, is an important, historic track junction - once the hub of central Dorset in southern England - and a well known beauty spot and magnet for ramblers. Dorsetshire Gap is situated 2 miles east of Plush.
Melcombe Bingham
Village
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melcombe Horsey is a civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It contains the small settlements of Melcombe Bingham, Bingham's Melcombe and Higher Melcombe, the last being the site of the deserted village of Melcombe Horsey. Melcombe Bingham is situated 3 miles east of Plush.
Ansty
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ansty is a village in the civil parish of Hilton, in Dorset, England, north of Cheselbourne and west of Milton Abbas. It consists of the settlements of Higher Ansty, Lower Ansty, Pleck and Ansty Cross. Ansty is situated 3 miles east of Plush.
Plush
- Category: locality
- Location: Piddletrenthide, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.81832° or 50° 49′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.40662° or 2° 24′ 24″ westElevation
436 feet (133 metres)Open location code
9C2VRH9V+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 31764145OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Plush” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Plush (Dorset)”
- Basque: “Plush”
- Dutch: “Plush, Dorset”
- French: “Plush”
- Irish: “Plush”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Watcombe Bottom and Watcombe Plain.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fetchum Wood and Firland Wood.
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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 “Plush”. Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.