Wareham
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town and civil parish in Dorset, England
Key facts
- Population
- 5,877 (2021 census)
- Os grid reference
- SY923873
- Civil parish
- Wareham Town
- Unitary authority
- Dorset
- Ceremonial county
- Dorset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- WAREHAM
- Postcode district
- BH20
- Dialling code
- 01929
- Police
- Dorset
- Fire
- Dorset and Wiltshire
- Ambulance
- South Western
- Uk parliament
- Mid Dorset and North Poole
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Purbeck
- Population
- 5496
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Purbeck
- Official website
- www.wareham-tc.gov.uk
- Image
- Wareham Saturday Market by River Frome - geograph.org.uk - 316307.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01929
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- twinned administrative body
- Hemsbach
- Commons category
- Wareham, Dorset
- OS grid reference
- SY923873
- postal code
- BH20
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Alfred Landé
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Wareham (/ˈwɛərəm/ WAIR-əm) is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome eight miles (13 km) southwest of Poole.
Situation and geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wareham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.