Lake
Lake is a locality in Thornford, West Dorset District, England. Lake is situated nearby to the village Thornford, as well as near Lillington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene and Thornford railway station.
Thornford railway station
Railway station
Photo: William, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornford railway station serves the village of Thornford, in Dorset, England. It is approximately 3 miles to the south of Yeovil, and 144.35 miles from the zero point at London Paddington.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
Photo: Isis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries. Sherborne Abbey is situated 2 miles northeast of Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longburton and Clifton Maybank.
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. Longburton is situated 2 miles east of Lake.
Clifton Maybank
Hamlet
Photo: William, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clifton Maybank is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is located about a mile southwest of the village of Bradford Abbas. It is known for Clifton Maybank House, a country house with surviving Tudor fabric. Clifton Maybank is situated 2½ miles west of Lake.
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.
Lake
- Type: Locality
- Location: Thornford, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.92269° or 50° 55′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.55071° or 2° 33′ 3″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
9C2VWCFX+3PGeoNames ID
13265612
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