Tarrant Launceston
Tarrant Launceston is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley 5 miles (8 kilometres) northeast of Blandford Forum. The parish includes part of Blandford Camp to the west and a few buildings on the northern edge of neighbouring Tarrant Monkton to the south. In the 2011 census the parish had 156 households and a population of 498.[1]
| Tarrant Launceston | |
|---|---|
 Tarrant Launceston | |
  Tarrant Launceston Location within Dorset | |
| Population | 498 |
| OS grid reference | ST942096 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLANDFORD FORUM |
| Postcode district | DT11 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Although the Great Dorset Steam Fair is advertised as being located in Tarrant Hinton, the actual show site itself is in Tarrant Launceston.
Governance & religion
Tarrant Launceston civil parish falls under the Cranborne Chase ward of the Dorset unitary authority, whose present councillor is Conservative Piers Brown, and the parliamentary constituency of North Dorset, whose present MP is Conservative Simon Hoare.
In the Church of England, it falls under the province of Canterbury, the diocese of Salisbury, the archdeaconry of Dorset, and the deanery of Milton and Blandford.
In the Catholic Church in England and Wales, it falls under the province of Southwark, the diocese of Plymouth, and the deanery of Dorset.
References
- "Area: Tarrant Launceston (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
External links
Media related to Tarrant Launceston at Wikimedia Commons
