Charmouth | |
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View of Charmouth. | |
Location within Dorset | |
Population | 1,310 (2013 est.)[1] |
OS grid reference | SY364934 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRIDPORT |
Postcode district | DT6 |
Dialling code | 01297 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Charmouth Portal |
Charmouth is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England. The village is situated on the mouth of the River Char, around 1+1⁄2 miles (2 km) north-east of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimated that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,310.[1] In the 2011 Census the population of the parish, combined with the small parish of Catherston Leweston to the north, was 1,352.[2]