Walpole Court

Walpole Court is a residential area in Puddletown, West Dorset District, England. Walpole Court is situated near the church St Mary the Virgin, as well as near the community center Church Room.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Athelhampton Hall and Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum.

Athelhampton Hall

Castle

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Athelhampton Hall is a castle, which is situated 3,800 feet east of Walpole Court.

Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum

Museum

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Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum is situated 2 miles east of Walpole Court.

Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd —when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford. Thomas Hardy’s Cottage is situated 2½ miles southwest of Walpole Court.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tolpuddle and Woodsford.

Tolpuddle

Village

Photo: Gillian Moy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tolpuddle is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles west of Poole. Tolpuddle is situated 2 miles east of Walpole Court.

Woodsford

Hamlet

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Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. Woodsford is situated 2½ miles south of Walpole Court.

Affpuddle

Hamlet

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Affpuddle is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district of the ceremonial county of Dorset, England, 9 miles east of Dorchester. Affpuddle is situated 3 miles east of Walpole Court.

Walpole Court

Type: Residential area
Address: Puddletown
Location: Puddletown, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.74926° or 50° 44′ 57″ north

Longitude

-2.34263° or 2° 20′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C2VPMX4+PW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1249867313

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St Mary the Virgin and Church Room.

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Places to explore: The Oak Gardens and The Old School.

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