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Warmwell
Warmwell
Population80 [1]
OS grid referenceSY753858
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
  • West Dorset
List of places
UK
England
Dorset

Warmwell is a small village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated on the B3390 road about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2012 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 80.[1]

Warmwell contains several historic buildings, including a Jacobean manor house,[2] and from May 1937 was the home of RAF Station Woodsford airfield (later renamed RAF Warmwell), which is now a popular holiday site and contains a caravan park and several other small businesses.

References

  1. ^ a b "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  2. ^ West Dorset, Holiday and Tourist Guide. West Dorset District Council. c. 1982. p. 21.

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