Woodlands
Woodlands is a village and civil parish in Dorset, South-West England. It is five miles north of Wimborne Minster. The village is home to the Church of the Ascension which is a Grade II listed building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 531 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Woodlands, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Ascension and Knowlton Circles.
Knowlton Circles
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knowlton Circles are a complex of henges and earthworks in Knowlton, Dorset, England. The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is the best known and best preserved, but there are at least two other henges in the vicinity as well as numerous round barrows. Knowlton Circles is situated 2 miles northwest of Woodlands.
St Giles House
Manor estate
St Giles House is located at Wimborne St Giles in Dorset in England, just south of Cranborne Chase. It is the ancestral seat of the Ashley-Cooper family, which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury. St Giles House is situated 2 miles northwest of Woodlands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knowlton and Mannington.
Knowlton
Hamlet
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knowlton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Woodlands, Dorset, England. It is about 6 miles north of town Wimborne Minster, and about 1 mile south of the village of Wimborne St Giles. Knowlton is situated 1½ miles west of Woodlands.
Mannington
Hamlet
Mannington and its southerly neighbour Lower Mannington are hamlets in the English county of Dorset. They are located within Holt parish 2.5 miles north of Ferndown and 2.5 miles south-east of Verwood. Mannington is situated 2 miles southeast of Woodlands.
Verwood
Town
Photo: Stuart Buchan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies 10 miles north of Bournemouth and 13 miles north east of Poole as the crow flies. Verwood is situated 2½ miles east of Woodlands.
Woodlands
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Woodlands, East Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.88081° or 50° 52′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.93132° or 1° 55′ 53″ westPopulation
531Elevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C2WV3J9+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 29759729OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12264864Wikidata ID
Q2091320
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Woodlands” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Woodlands (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Woodlands”
- Chinese: “Woodlands”
- Dutch: “Woodlands”
- French: “Woodlands”
- Irish: “Woodlands”
- Italian: “Woodlands (Dorset)”
- Italian: “Woodlands”
- Ladin: “Woodlands”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Woodlands (Dorset)”
- Persian: “وودلندز دورست”
- Polish: “Woodlands”
- Spanish: “Woodlands”
- Swedish: “Woodlands, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Woodlands”
- Turkish: “Woodlands, Dorset”
- Urdu: “ووڈلینڈز، ڈورسٹ”
- Welsh: “Woodlands, Dorset”
- “Woodlands”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Woodlands Village Hall and Woodlands Methodist Church.
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