Woodcutts Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Woodcutts, former chapel - geograph.org.uk - 496555.jpg
Static Image Caption:The former chapel in Woodcutts
Coordinates:50.9518°N -2.0449°W
Official Name:Woodcutts
Map Type:Dorset
Shire District:East Dorset
Shire County:Dorset
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:North Dorset
Post Town:SALISBURY
Postcode District:SP5
Postcode Area:SP
Dial Code:01725
Os Grid Reference:ST969167

Woodcutts is a hamlet within the parish of Sixpenny Handley and is located in the north of Dorset, near to the Wiltshire border.Originally named "Woodcotes", in its present form the 18th century country estate still consists of the Manor House, the Manor Farm, a number of cottages, a school house and a chapel.

It lies within the Cranborne Chase an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The estate and much of the land and several of the properties were bought and amalgamated with the neighbouring Rushmore Estate by its owner Augustus Pitt Rivers, a noted archaeologist of the 19th century, for the purpose of doing archeological research. Woodcutts includes the site of a Romano-British settlement excavated in 1884-5 by Pitt Rivers.

The 1st Woodcutts Scouts group was founded in 1957 and provides activities for the young people of the area with Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorer sections.