Stourpaine

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Stourpaine
Dorset

Stourpaine viewed from Hod Hill
Location
Grid reference: ST861093
Location: 50°53’5"N, 2°11’53"W
Data
Population: 617
Post town: Blandford Forum
Postcode: DT11
Local Government
Council: Dorset
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Dorset

Stourpaine is a village and parish in Dorset. It is situated in the valley of the River Stour, three miles north-west of Blandford Forum. The A350 road, which connects Blandford to Shaftesbury to the north, passes through the village. The chalk hills of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs lie immediately to the north-east and south-west respectively. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 277 dwellings,[1] 265 households and a population of 617.[2]

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Outside links

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