The Poet Laureate

The Poet Laureate is a pub in Dorchester, West Dorset District, England which is located on Pummery Square. The Poet Laureate is situated nearby to Pummery Square, as well as near the town hall Brownsword Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Thomas Hardye School and Maiden Castle.

The Thomas Hardye School

School

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The Thomas Hardye School is a secondary academy school in Dorchester, Dorset, England. It is part of the Dorchester Area Schools Partnership. The Thomas Hardye School is situated 1,300 feet southeast of The Poet Laureate.

Maiden Castle

Archaeological site

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Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age. Maiden Castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of The Poet Laureate.

Dorchester West railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dorchester West is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England, the other being Dorchester South. It is managed by Great Western Railway, which also operates all services that stop here. Dorchester West railway station is situated 3,600 feet east of The Poet Laureate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poundbury and Charlton Down.

Poundbury

Suburb

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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.

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 3 miles north of The Poet Laureate.

Muckleford

Hamlet

Photo: Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Muckleford is situated 3 miles northwest of The Poet Laureate.

The Poet Laureate

Type: Pub
Address: 5 Pummery Square, Poundbury, DT1 3GW
Categories: building and retail building
Location: Dorchester, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.7103° or 50° 42′ 37″ north

Longitude

-2.45798° or 2° 27′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C2VPG6R+4R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 451213343

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=pub

OpenStreetMap feature

building=retail

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