Knowlton
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Dorset, UK
- Also known as: “Knowlton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knowlton Circles and Ruins of Knowlton Church.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hinton Martell and Gussage St Michael.
Hinton Martell
Village
Photo: Jim Probert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinton Martell is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county, three miles north of the town of Wimborne Minster. Hinton Martell is situated 2½ miles south of Knowlton.
Gussage St Michael
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in Dorset, in the south of England. At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandford Forum and fourteen miles from Salisbury. Gussage St Michael is situated 2½ miles west of Knowlton.
Long Crichel
Village
Photo: Dave Napier, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Crichel is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Crichel, in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase five miles northeast of Blandford Forum. Long Crichel is situated 3 miles west of Knowlton.
Knowlton
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Woodlands, East Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.88961° or 50° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
-1.96804° or 1° 58′ 5″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9C2WV2QJ+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 17901981OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Knowlton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Knowlton, Dorset”
- French: “Knowlton”
- German: “Knowlton-Kreise”
- Irish: “Knowlton”
- Polish: “Knowlton (Dorset)”
- Polish: “Knowlton”
- Welsh: “Knowlton, Dorset”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knowlton Church and Earth Works and Tumulus.
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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 “Knowlton”. Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 4.0.