Motcombe
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Motcombe is a village in north Dorset
, England
, situated in the Blackmore Vale
half way between the market town
s of Gillingham
and Shaftesbury
. The village has a population
of 1,404 .
Motcombe has a Church of England Primary School, a village shop and Post Office, a country hotel and kennels for the South & West Wilts hunt. A former private primary school in the centre of the village, Motcombe Grange, was developed in 2006/7 into retirement homes.
On the south-west edge of the village is Motcombe Park which is home to Port Regis a large private preparatory school
. The village also has two sets of boarding kennels: Lakemead Kennels and Turnpike Boarding Kennels & Catteries as well as a garage (Motcombe Garage) and a riding school and livery stables at Meaders Farm both of which can be found at the bottom of The Hollow which is the road which leads to Shaftesbury.
In 2006 a building development to provide 49 houses, including affordable housing, was started on the old Case & Sons abbatoir site adjacent to and opposite Motcombe Grange. The development by Bloor Homes was completed in 2007.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, situated in the Blackmore Vale
Blackmore Vale
The Blackmore Vale is a vale, or wide valley, in north Dorset, and to a lesser extent south Somerset and southwest Wiltshire in southern England. The vale is part of the Stour valley...
half way between the market town
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
s of Gillingham
Gillingham, Dorset
Gillingham is a town in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. The town is the most northerly in the county. It is 3 miles south of the A303 lying on the B3092 and B3081. It is near to the town of Shaftesbury which lies 7 miles to the south east. Neighbouring hamlets included Peacemarsh, Bay...
and Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury is a town in Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. The town is built 718 feet above sea level on the side of a chalk and greensand hill, which is part of Cranborne Chase, the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset...
. The village has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 1,404 .
Motcombe has a Church of England Primary School, a village shop and Post Office, a country hotel and kennels for the South & West Wilts hunt. A former private primary school in the centre of the village, Motcombe Grange, was developed in 2006/7 into retirement homes.
On the south-west edge of the village is Motcombe Park which is home to Port Regis a large private preparatory school
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
. The village also has two sets of boarding kennels: Lakemead Kennels and Turnpike Boarding Kennels & Catteries as well as a garage (Motcombe Garage) and a riding school and livery stables at Meaders Farm both of which can be found at the bottom of The Hollow which is the road which leads to Shaftesbury.
In 2006 a building development to provide 49 houses, including affordable housing, was started on the old Case & Sons abbatoir site adjacent to and opposite Motcombe Grange. The development by Bloor Homes was completed in 2007.