Folke Cottage

Folke Cottage is a building in Folke, West Dorset District, England. Folke Cottage is situated near the forest Folke Wood, as well as near Parish Church of St Lawrence.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Folke Wood and Parish Church of St Lawrence.

Folke Wood

Forest

Folke Wood is a wood near Folke in Dorset, England. It was planted by the Woodland Trust in 1985. It consists of native broadleaved trees as well as apple and ash trees. The apple trees are the remains of an orchard which existed in the 19th century.

Parish Church of St Lawrence

Church

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parish Church of St Lawrence is situated 760 feet south of Folke Cottage.

Parish Church of St James

Church

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parish Church of St James is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Folke Cottage.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alweston and Longburton.

Alweston

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne.

Longburton

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524.

Castleton

Village

Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle. Castleton is situated 2 miles north of Folke Cottage.

Folke Cottage

Type: Building
Description: cottage in Folke, West Dorset, England, UK
Category: thatched cottage
Location: Folke, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.91988° or 50° 55′ 12″ north

Longitude

-2.48634° or 2° 29′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C2VWG97+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 512910251

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q26609795

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Folke Golf Centre and Alweston Post Office.

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