Long Crichel

Long Crichel
St Mary's Church
Long Crichel is located in Dorset
Long Crichel
Long Crichel
Location within Dorset
Population81 
OS grid referenceST977102
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIMBORNE
Postcode districtBH21
Dialling code01258
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°53′28″N 2°02′02″W / 50.891°N 2.034°W / 50.891; -2.034

Long Crichel (/ˈkrɪəl/) is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Crichel, in east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase five miles northeast of Blandford Forum. In 2001 it had a population of 81. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2015 and merged with Moor Crichel to form Crichel.[1]

  1. ^ "The East Dorset (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2015" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.