Iwerne Minster

Iwerne Minster
Parish Church of St Mary
Iwerne Minster is located in Dorset
Iwerne Minster
Iwerne Minster
Location within Dorset
Population978 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST865143
Civil parish
  • Iwerne Minster
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBlandford Forum
Postcode districtDT11
Dialling code01747
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°55′42″N 2°11′26″W / 50.9284°N 2.1906°W / 50.9284; -2.1906

Iwerne Minster (/ˈjuːɜːrn/ YOO-ern) is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, approximately midway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum. The A350 main road between those towns passes through the edge of the village, just to the west. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had a population of 978.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Area: Iwerne Minster (Parish), Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 January 2015.