East Stoke, Dorset

East Stoke

Stokeford, East Stoke
East Stoke
 East Stoke shown within Dorset
Population 410 (2013 estimate)
OS grid referenceSY872862
DistrictPurbeck
Shire countyDorset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district BH20
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
List of places
UK
England
Dorset

Coordinates: 50°40′43″N 2°10′59″W / 50.6787°N 2.183°W / 50.6787; -2.183

East Stoke is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the Purbeck administrative district, three miles west of the small town of Wareham and two miles east of Wool. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 410.[1] The Freshwater Biological Association runs a research centre on the banks of the River Frome, from which the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust runs its research into atlantic salmon declines.

References

  1. "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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