Dorset
West Dorset District
Shipton Gorge

Shipton Gorge

Shipton Gorge is a village and civil parish in southwest , , 3 miles east of . Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Shipton Gorge parish is 350.
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  • Type: Village with 375 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Shipton Gorge, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parish Church of St Martin and Shipton Hill Settlement.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Archaeological site
The is an archaeological site, a defended settlement of the Iron Age, near Shipton Gorge in , England. It is a scheduled monument.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walditch and Uploders.

Village
Photo: Ray Beer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the civil parish of , in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of , England. It is situated about 1 kilometre to the east of the town of Bridport.

Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in , . It consists mainly of houses, and has a pub, the Crown, a Grade II listed Methodist chapel and a playing field.

Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of , in southwest , England, just outside the town of Bridport. It is separated from the town only by the River Asker and the A35 Bridport by-pass. is situated 1½ miles west of Shipton Gorge.

Shipton Gorge

Latitude
50.72158° or 50° 43′ 18″ north
Longitude
-2.71498° or 2° 42′ 54″ west
Population
375
Elevation
197 feet (60 metres)
Open location code
9C2VP7CP+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1590049414
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12263433
Wiki­data ID
Q2438214
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Shipton Gorge” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Chinese: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Dutch: “Shipton Gorge”
  • French: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Irish: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Italian: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Ladin: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Persian: “شیپتون جورج”
  • Polish: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Swedish: “Shipton Gorge”
  • Welsh: “Shipton Gorge”
  • “Shipton Gorge”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shipton Gorge Village Hall and Cathole Copse.

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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 “Shipton Gorge”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.