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Where is Wool?

Wool is located in the county of Dorset, South West England, five miles west of the town of Wareham, 11 miles west of the major town of Poole, 69 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 108 miles south-west of London. Wool falls within the unitary authority of Dorset. It is in the BH20 postcode district. The post town for Wool is Wareham.

Wool on a map

Map showing extent of Wool as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Wool
Map showing location of Wool within the UK
Location of Wool within the UK

Which county is Wool in?

Wool is in the ceremonial county of Dorset, the historic county of Dorset, and the administrative county of Dorset.

Ceremonial CountyDorset
Historic CountyDorset
Administrative CountyDorset

Where is Wool in Dorset?

Wool is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Dorset, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Dorset.

Map showing location of Wool within Dorset
Location of Wool within Dorset

What is the postcode for Wool?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Wool is BH20 6DA.

Where is Wool in BH20?

Wool is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BH20 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the BH20 postcode district.

Map showing location of Wool within BH20
Location of Wool within BH20

What is the post town for Wool?

The post town for Wool is Wareham. Wool is in the BH20 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wareham.

What is the latitude and longitude of Wool?

The centre of Wool is located at position 50.67936° latitude and -2.21878° longitude.

Latitude50.67936°
Longitude-2.21878°

What is the easting and northing of Wool?

The centre of Wool is located at the grid reference easting 384639 and northing 86656 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting384639
Northing86656

What are the nearest towns to Wool?

Position of Wool relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Wool to the centre of the town.

west
5m
Wool is 5 miles west of Wareham
east
10m
Wool is 10 miles east of Dorchester
west
11m
Wool is 11 miles west of Poole
north-east
12m
Wool is 12 miles north-east of Weymouth
south
12m
Wool is 12 miles south of Blandford Forum
north-west
13m
Wool is 13 miles north-west of Swanage
north-east
13m
Wool is 13 miles north-east of Fortuneswell
east
13m
Wool is 13 miles east of Chickerell
south-west
13m
Wool is 13 miles south-west of Wimborne Minster
west
15m
Wool is 15 miles west of Bournemouth

What are the nearest cities to Wool?

Position of Wool relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Wool to the centre of the city.

south-west
33m
Wool is 33 miles south-west of Salisbury
south-west
39m
Wool is 39 miles south-west of Southampton
south-east
41m
Wool is 41 miles south-east of Wells
south-west
48m
Wool is 48 miles south-west of Winchester
south
49m
Wool is 49 miles south of Bath
west
50m
Wool is 50 miles west of Portsmouth
south
56m
Wool is 56 miles south of Bristol
east
58m
Wool is 58 miles east of Exeter
west
64m
Wool is 64 miles west of Chichester
south-east
69m
Wool is 69 miles south-east of Cardiff

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