Child Okeford

Child Okeford
Child Okeford village centre
Child Okeford is located in Dorset
Child Okeford
Child Okeford
Location within Dorset
Population1,170 (2021)
OS grid referenceST834127
Civil parish
  • Child Okeford [1]
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLANDFORD FORUM
Postcode districtDT11
Dialling code01258
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteVillage community website
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°54′47″N 2°14′13″W / 50.913°N 2.237°W / 50.913; -2.237
Child Okeford village and Hambledon Hill viewed from watermeadows by the River Stour

Child Okeford (sometimes written Childe Okeford) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of the small town of Sturminster Newton in the North Dorset administrative district. Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village. In the 2021 census the civil parish had a population of 1,170.

  1. ^ "Child Okeford – Village Website".