Church Knowle

Church Knowle
Road through Church Knowle
Church Knowle is located in Dorset
Church Knowle
Church Knowle
Location within Dorset
Population261 
OS grid referenceSY939817
Civil parish
  • Church Knowle
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWAREHAM
Postcode districtBH20
Dialling code01929
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
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Dorset
50°38′09″N 2°05′12″W / 50.6359°N 2.0866°W / 50.6359; -2.0866

Church Knowle is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in the south of England.

Church Knowle village is situated about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Corfe Castle, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Wareham and 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Swanage. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the settlements of East Creech and Furzebrook to the north—had 114 households and a population of 261.[1]

Church Knowle, St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church, inside view

The church is named Saint Peter's Church. Church Knowle Fete is held in the grounds of the Old Rectory every August.

  1. ^ "Area: Church Knowle (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 February 2015.