Ludwell, Wiltshire Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Cottages along the A30 in Ludwell - geograph.org.uk - 1401538.jpg
Static Image Caption:Cottages along the A30
Coordinates:51.003°N -2.131°W
Official Name:Ludwell
Civil Parish:Donhead St Mary
Unitary England:Wiltshire
Lieutenancy England:Wiltshire
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:South West Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Post Town:Shaftesbury
Postcode District:SP7
Postcode Area:SP
Dial Code:01747
Os Grid Reference:ST909226

Ludwell is a small village in south Wiltshire, England, approximately 3miles east of the Dorset town of Shaftesbury. It lies within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,[1] on the A30 Salisbury-Shaftesbury road. For local government, Ludwell is part of Donhead St Mary civil parish.

Peckons Hill, Birdbush and Brook Waters are neighbouring hamlets to the northeast of Ludwell, along the A30 towards Ansty and Swallowcliffe.

The village has a primary school which was established in 1875,[2] and an Anglican church, St John the Baptist, built in 1839 in Neo-Norman style with a two-tower west facade.

Notable buildings are Ludwell Stores & Post Office, a late 18th-century house with attached former bakery; and the Grove Arms public house, from the early 17th century with additions in the early 18th and 19th. Other businesses include T. Buttlings traditional butchers and Greenacre farm shop.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walking in the Nadder Valley. Cranborne Chase AONB. 13 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20130918123139/http://www.ccwwdaonb.org.uk/discover/nadderwalks.htm. 18 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Wiltshire Community History. Ludwell Community Primary School. Wiltshire Council. 30 June 2016.