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Wool

Wool — village and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK.

Wool

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About

Wool is a town of about 2,290 people in south east. (Village in Dorset, England.) According to Wikipedia: "Wool is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward in south Dorset, England. In the 2011 census the parish – which includes Bovington Camp army base to the north – had 2,015 households and a population of 5,310. The village lies at a historic bridging point on the River Frome, halfway between Dorchester and Wareham. Woolbridge Manor House, a 17th-century building, is a prominent feature just outside the village and the location of Tess's honeymoon in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Other prominent features of the village include the medieval church of Holy Rood, the railway station on the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth, and the thatched cottages along Spring Street."

Coordinates
50.6800, -2.2230
Population
2,290

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Things to see in Wool

4 attractions within 12 km.

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