Cranborne

Cranborne
Cranborne's 15th century parish church, formerly Cranborne Priory
Cranborne is located in Dorset
Cranborne
Cranborne
Location within Dorset
Population779 
OS grid referenceSU056133
Civil parish
  • Cranborne
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIMBORNE
Postcode districtBH21
Dialling code01725
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°55′8″N 1°55′19″W / 50.91889°N 1.92194°W / 50.91889; -1.92194

Cranborne is a village in East Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the parish had a population of 779, remaining unchanged from 2001.

Until 2019 the appropriate electoral ward was called 'Crane'. This ward included Wimborne St. Giles in the west and south to Woodlands. The total population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,189.[1] After 2019 structural changes to local government in England, Cranborne is part of the Cranborne and Alderholt ward which elects 1 member to Dorset Council.[2]

Once a very small, intensely agricultural market town, the village is on chalk downland called Cranborne Chase, part of a large expanse of chalk in southern England which includes the nearby Salisbury Plain and Dorset Downs.

  1. ^ "Crane ward 2011". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Area profile for Cranborne & Alderholt - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2024.