Dorchester
Dorchester is the county town of Dorset. A market town with an undoubtedly long history, Dorchester has connections to Thomas Hardy, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Roman Britain, and today features a wide range of visitor attractions, independent retailers and eateries.Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Dinosaur Museum
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dinosaur Museum is a museum presenting dinosaurs in Dorchester, the county town of Dorset, in southern England.
Dorset Museum
Photo: Cmyk, Public domain.
The Dorset Museum is located in Dorchester, Dorset, England.
Maumbury Rings
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic henge in the south of Dorchester town in Dorset, England.
Localities in the Area
Poundbury
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England.
Charlton Down
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton Down is a new village in Dorset, England, situated approximately 4 miles north of the county town Dorchester. Charlton Down is situated 4½ km north of Dorchester.
Dorchester
- Type: Town with 19,500 residents
- Description: town in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Categories: county town, civil parish, market town and locality
- Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.7132° or 50° 42' 48" northLongitude
-2.4371° or 2° 26' 14" westPopulation
19,500Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)United Nations Location Code
GB DHROpen Location Code
9C2VPH77+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 18024342OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2651101Wikidata ID
Q503331Dorchester Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Dorchester, Dorset
- Afrikaans: Dorchester
- Arabic: Dorchester, Dorset
- Arabic: دورشيستر (دورست)
- Arabic: دورشيستر
- Armenian: Դորչեսթեր
- Azerbaijani: Dorçester
- Basque: Dorchester
- Belarusian: Дарчэстэр
- Belarusian: Дорчэстэр (Дорсет)
- Belarusian: Дорчэстэр
- Bengali: ডরচেস্টার
- Breton: Dorchester
- Bulgarian: Дорчестър
- Catalan: Dorchester
- Cebuano: Dorchester
- Chinese: Dorchester
- Chinese: 多切斯特
- Chinese: 多爾切斯特
- Chinese: 道徹斯特
- Cornish: Dorchester
- Czech: Dorchester
- Danish: Dorchester
- Dutch: Dorchester
- English: Dorchester, Dorset
- Esperanto: Dorchester
- Estonian: Dorchester
- Finnish: Dorchester
- French: Dorchester
- Georgian: დორჩესტერი
- German: Dorchester
- Greek: Ντόρτσεστερ
- Gujarati: ડોર્શેસ્ટર
- Hebrew: דורצ'סטר
- Hungarian: Dorchester
- Irish: Dorchester
- Italian: Dorchester
- Japanese: ドーチェスター
- Kannada: ಡಾರ್ಚೆಸ್ಟರ್
- Korean: 도체스터
- Ladin: Dorchester
- Latin: Durnovaria
- Lithuanian: Dorčesteris
- Min Nan Chinese: Dorchester (Dorset)
- Northern Frisian: Dorchester (Dorset)
- Northern Frisian: Dorchester
- Norwegian: Dorchester
- Norwegian Bokmål: Dorchester
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Dorchester i Dorset
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Dornwaraceaster
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Dornwara ceaster
- Ossetian: Дорчестер
- Persian: دورچستر، دورست
- Polish: Dorchester
- Portuguese: Dorchester
- Quechua: Dorchester (Dorset)
- Quechua: Dorchester
- Romanian: Dorchester
- Russian: Дорчестер
- Scots: Dorchester
- Serbo-Croatian: Dorchester, Dorset
- Slovak: Dorchester
- Slovenian: Dorchester, Dorset
- South Azerbaijani: دورچستر، دورست
- Spanish: Dorchester
- Swedish: Dorchester
- Tamil: டோர்சேஸ்டெர்
- Telugu: డోర్చెస్టర్
- Turkish: Dorchester, Dorset
- Ukrainian: Дорчестер
- Urdu: ڈورچسٹر، ڈورسٹ
- Volapük: Dorchester
- Waray (Philippines): Dorchester, Dorset
- Welsh: Dorchester, Dorset
- Welsh: Dorchester
- Western Frisian: Dorchester (Dorset)
- Western Frisian: Dorchester
- Western Panjabi: ڈورچسٹر، ڈورسٹ
- Yiddish: דארטשעסטער
- Yue Chinese: 道徹斯特
Other Places Named Dorchester
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- FordingtonQuarter
- StinsfordVillage
- Winterborne CameHamlet
- Winterborne HerringstonHamlet
- CharminsterVillage
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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 Wikivoyage page Dorchester. Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.