Static Image Name: | Winterborne Monkton.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Winterborne Monkton |
Country: | England |
Official Name: | Winterborne Monkton |
Coordinates: | 50.69°N -2.4587°W |
Map Type: | Dorset |
Population: | 50 |
Population Ref: | [1] |
Unitary England: | Dorset |
Shire County: | Dorset |
Region: | South West England |
Post Town: | Dorchester |
Postcode Area: | DT |
Postcode District: | DT2 |
Constituency Westminster: | West Dorset |
Os Grid Reference: | SY676878 |
Winterborne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies close to the A354 road between the county town Dorchester, 1.5miles to the north, and the coastal resort Weymouth, 5miles to the south. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population was 50.[1]
Winterborne Monkton village consists of a few houses and the church of St Simon & St Jude.
The hill fort of Maiden Castle stands to the northwest.