Towns & cities · South East England
Winterborne Whitechurch
Winterborne Whitechurch — village and civil parish in Dorset, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Winterborne Whitechurch is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 371 people. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Dorset, UK". Coordinates: 50.8000°, -2.2333°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Winterborne Whitechurch is a village and civil parish in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A354 road on the Dorset Downs five miles (eight kilometres) southwest of Blandford Forum. As calculated in the 2021 census, Winterborne Whitechurch currently has a population of 734. To contrast, in the 2011 census the civil parish had 354 dwellings, 331 households and a population of 757.
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Background
History
Evidence of prehistoric human activity in the parish consists of 7 barrows and a linear dyke known as Combs Ditch. The dyke was probably a boundary in the Iron Age but was subsequently modified until it had a more defensive purpose by the end of the Roman occupation. One of the barrows near the dyke was excavated in 1864; one cremation and four inhumations were found, as well as crude arrowheads within a bucket urn. There used to be at least five other barrows but these have been destroyed by more recent human activity. In 1086 in the Domesday Book Winterborne Whitechurch was recorded as Wintreborne; it had 3 households, 1.5 ploughlands and 6 acre of meadow. It was in the hundred of…
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- Coordinates
- 50.8000, -2.2333
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Winterborne Whitechurch
- Postcode
- DT11 0HN
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Dorset
- Population
- 371
Sources
- wikidata: Q578322 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Winterborne Whitechurch (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Winterborne Whitechurch, Blandford Hill - geograph.org.uk - 975014.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Winterborne Whitechurch?
- Winterborne Whitechurch is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DT11 0HN), in the parish of Winterborne Whitechurch.
- Is Winterborne Whitechurch a protected site?
- Yes — Winterborne Whitechurch is part of the Dorset National Landscape (AONB) and the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Winterborne Whitechurch free to visit?
- Yes, Winterborne Whitechurch is free to enter.
- How do I get to Winterborne Whitechurch?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DT11 0HN. It sits within the North Dorset parliamentary constituency.