Verwood
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Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies north of Bournemouth and north east of Poole as the crow flies. The civil parish comprises the town of Verwood together with the extended village of Three Legged Cross, and in 2014 had a population of 15,170 (according to Dorset County Council). Verwood is the largest town in Dorset without an upper school. It sits on the River Crane which later becomes Moors River.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Verwood
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Verwood centre - geograph.org.uk - 8907.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Verwood town centre
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population
- 15,196
- UK place.population_ref
- (Source: Mid Year Estimates, Office for National Statistics Jul-22)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SU0808
- UK place.post_town
- VERWOOD
- UK place.postcode_area
- BH
- UK place.postcode_district
- BH31
- UK place.dial_code
- 01202
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Dorset
- UK place.civil_parish
- Verwood
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Pottery industry
- Remembrance of those that fell in war
- 1980–present
- Politics and government
- Shopping and facilities
- Media and culture
- Sports and recreation
- Stephen's Castle and Stephen's Stone
- Transport
- Road
- Public bus services
- Rail
- Education
- Notable residents
- Twin towns
- References
- External links
Verwood is a town and civil parish in eastern Dorset, England. The town lies north of Bournemouth and north east of Poole as the crow flies. The civil parish comprises the town of Verwood together with the extended village of Three Legged Cross, and in 2014 had a population of 15,170 (according to Dorset County Council). Verwood is the largest town in Dorset without an upper school. It sits on the River Crane which later becomes Moors River.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Verwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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