Hooke
Hooke is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated about 7 miles northeast of the town of Bridport. It is sited in the valley of the short River Hooke, a tributary of the River Frome, amongst the chalk hills of the Dorset Downs.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Mapperton Manor House
Historic house
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mapperton Manor House is a historic house situated 3½ km west of Hooke.
Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene is situated 2½ km southwest of Hooke.
Localities in the Area
Rampisham Down
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rampisham Down is a chalk hill in the Dorset Downs, eight miles north west of Dorchester in west Dorset, England.
Toller Whelme
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Toller Whelme is a small hamlet in Dorset, England, situated in the civil parish of Corscombe approximately 2.3 miles east of Beaminster, 6 miles north of Bridport and 13 miles north-west of Dorchester.
West Milton
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Milton is a small village in western Dorset, in South West England, about 3 miles northeast of Bridport and 1 mile west of Powerstock. West Milton is situated 5 km southwest of Hooke.
Hooke
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Categories: village, civil parish and locality
- Location: Hooke, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.79911° or 50° 47' 57" northLongitude
-2.65929° or 2° 39' 33" westElevation
138 metres (453 feet)United Nations Location Code
GB IHOOpen Location Code
9C2VQ8XR+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 432945246OpenStreetMap Feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2646650Wikidata ID
Q1912719Hooke Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Cebuano: Hooke
- Chinese: Hooke
- Dutch: Hooke
- English: Hooke, Dorset
- French: Hooke
- Irish: Hooke
- Italian: Hooke (Dorset)
- Ladin: Hooke
- Min Nan Chinese: Hooke
- Persian: هوک، دورست
- Polish: Hooke
- Swedish: Hooke, Dorset
- Swedish: Hooke
- Welsh: Hooke, Dorset
- Welsh: Hooke
- Hook
Other Places Named Hooke
Localities in the Area
- Higher KingcombeHamlet
- Mount PleasantLocality
- Lower KingcombeHamlet
- North PoortonVillage, 2½ km southwest
- South PoortonHamlet, 3 km southwest
Landmarks in the Area
- Hooke Court
- Hooke Park CollegeCollege
- Rampisham Down SSSIProtected area
- Rampisham NorthPower station
- Kingcombe CoppiceForest
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Hooke. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.