Muckleford
Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited by the south bank of the River Frome, among low chalk hills on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Muckleford, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grimstone Viaduct and Church of St Mary.
Grimstone Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone Viaduct is a railway bridge at Grimstone in Dorset, south-western England. It carries the Heart of Wessex Line over a road junction off the A37 road. It is directly north of the site of the closed Grimstone and Frampton railway station.
St Mary’s Church, Bradford Peverell
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Bradford Peverell, Dorset, England. It was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1849–50. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grimstone and Charlton Down.
Grimstone
Village
Photo: Nigej, Public domain.
Grimstone is a hamlet at the confluence of Sydling Water and the River Frome in the western part of the civil parish of Stratton, Dorset. The Great Western Railway opened Grimstone and Frampton railway station and Grimstone Viaduct in 1857 and British Railways closed the station in 1966.
Charlton Down
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton Down is a new village in Dorset, England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town Dorchester. It lies within the civil parish of Charminster. Charlton Down is situated 2½ miles east of Muckleford.
Poundbury
Suburb
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. Poundbury is situated 3 miles southeast of Muckleford.
Muckleford
- Category: locality
- Location: Bradford Peverell, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.74031° or 50° 44′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.5137° or 2° 30′ 49″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C2VPFRP+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 10309827067OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Italian to Polish—“Muckleford” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Muckleford”
- Japanese: “マックルフォード”
- Polish: “Muckleford”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include long barrow and St Mary the Virgin, Stratton.
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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 “Muckleford”. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.