Okeford Fitzpaine

Okeford Fitzpaine
Looking towards the parish church
Okeford Fitzpaine is located in Dorset
Okeford Fitzpaine
Okeford Fitzpaine
Location within Dorset
Population913 
OS grid referenceST806110
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBlandford Forum
Postcode districtDT11
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°53′53″N 2°16′36″W / 50.8981°N 2.2768°W / 50.8981; -2.2768
Village primary school

Okeford Fitzpaine /ˈkfərd fɪtsˈpn/ is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale three miles (five kilometres) south of the town of Sturminster Newton. It is sited on a thin strip of greensand under the scarp face of the Dorset Downs.[1] In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes the village of Belchalwell to the west and most of the hamlet of Fiddleford to the north—had 404 dwellings,[2] 380 households and a population of 913.[3]

  1. ^ Ralph Wightman (1983). Portrait of Dorset (4 ed.). Robert Hale Ltd. p. 136. ISBN 0-7090-0844-9.
  2. ^ "Area: Okeford Fitzpaine (Parish). Dwellings, Household Spaces and Accommodation Type, 2011 (KS401EW)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Area: Okeford Fitzpaine (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 January 2015.