Country: | England |
Official Name: | Cann |
Static Image Name: | Cann Mill, Melbury Abbas.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Cann Mill |
Coordinates: | 50.9904°N -2.1839°W |
Map Type: | Dorset |
Population: | 822 |
Population Ref: | [1] |
Civil Parish: | Cann |
Shire District: | North Dorset |
Shire County: | Dorset |
Region: | South West England |
Constituency Westminster: | North Dorset |
Post Town: | SHAFTESBURY |
Postcode Area: | SP |
Postcode District: | SP7 |
Dial Code: | 01747 |
Os Grid Reference: | ST872212 |
Cann is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the A350 road in the North Dorset administrative district, 1round=0.5NaNround=0.5 south of Shaftesbury. The civil parish covers 2600acres and has an underlying geology of Kimmeridge clay, greensand and gault clay.[2] In the 2011 census the parish—which includes HM Prison Guys Marsh—had a population of 822.[1]