Cranborne Chase (ward) explained

Council:Dorset Council
Elects Howmany:1
Towns:Cranborne Chase
Cranborne Chase
Population:5,024
Year:2019
Councillor1:Piers Brown
Party1:Conservative

Cranborne Chase is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.[1]

Geography

The Cranborne Chase ward is rural and covers the civil parishes of Crichel, Gussage All Saints, Gussage St Michael, Langton Long Blandford, Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, Tarrant Crawford, Tarrant Keyneston, Tarrant Launceston, Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Rushton and Witchampton.[2] [3]

The ward is named after the Cranborne Chase chalk plateau, but does not cover the entirety of the plateau, which straddles the borders of Hampshire and Wiltshire as well as the neighbouring Dorset electoral wards of Beacon, Cranborne and Alderholt and Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cranborne Chase (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  2. Web site: Area profile for Cranborne Chase - Dorset Council . 2024-02-24 . gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk.
  3. Web site: Map referred to in the Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 . . 2018 . 3 August 2024.
  4. Web site: 2024-02-24 . Councillor details - Councillor Piers Brown . 2024-02-24 . www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk . en-GB.