Wimborne Minster
Town in Dorset, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the town. For the church, see Wimborne Minster (church).
"Wimborne" redirects here. For the hamlet in Canada, see Wimborne, Alberta.
Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, /ˈwɪmbɔːrn/) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen, 5 miles (8 km) north of Poole, on the Dorset Heaths, and is part of the South East Dorset conurbation. According to Office for National Statistics data the population of the Wimborne Minster built-up area as of 2014[update] was 15,552.[1][2]
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Wimborne Minster | |
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The medieval Wimborne Minster church | |
Location within Dorset | |
Population | 15,552 (2014 estimate ONS built-up area) |
OS grid reference | SU015005 |
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Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WIMBORNE |
Postcode district | BH21 |
Dialling code | 01202 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
50.804°N 1.978°W / 50.804; -1.978 |
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