Blackdown
Blackdown is a village in Broadwindsor parish in the west of Dorset, England, situated on the B3165 road 7 miles west of Beaminster. It had a population of 128 at the 2001 Census.Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 128 residents
- Description: village in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Blackdown, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church, Blackdown and Pilsdon Pen.
Holy Trinity Church, Blackdown
Church
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England church in Blackdown, Dorset, England. The church was designed by Edward Ledger Bracebridge and built in 1839–40. It now forms part of the Beaminster Area Team Ministry.
Pilsdon Pen
Peak
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pilsdon Pen is a 277-metre hill in Dorset in South West England, situated at the north end of the Marshwood Vale, approximately 4.5 miles west of Beaminster. Pilsdon Pen is situated 1½ miles southeast of Blackdown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burstock and Drimpton.
Burstock
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burstock is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, 5 miles south of Crewkerne. In the 2011 census the parish had 59 dwellings, 49 households and a population of 120. Burstock is situated 1½ miles east of Blackdown.
Drimpton
Village
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drimpton is a village in the English county of Dorset, situated approximately 5 miles northwest of Beaminster and 3.5 miles southwest of Crewkerne in Somerset. Drimpton is situated 2 miles northeast of Blackdown.
Bettiscombe
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bettiscombe is a small village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale four miles west of Beaminster. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 50. Bettiscombe is situated 2 miles south of Blackdown.
Blackdown
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Broadwindsor, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.82418° or 50° 49′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.85805° or 2° 51′ 29″ westPopulation
128Open location code
9C2VR4FR+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 7572124852OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q4922778
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Blackdown” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blackdown, Dorset”
- French: “Blackdown”
- Irish: “Blackdown”
- Polish: “Blackdown (Dorset)”
- Polish: “Blackdown”
- Welsh: “Blackdown, Dorset”
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