There are two River Winterbornes in

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. The rivers only flow overground during the winter, hence the name. They both flow through a number of villages with a first name of "Winterborne" or “Winterbourne”. The North Winterborne flows through the following villages in Dorset from its source to the point where it joins the River Stour: *

Winterborne Houghton Winterborne Houghton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the Dorset Downs, southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the parish had 82 households and a population of 183. I ...

Winterborne Stickland Winterborne Stickland is a village and civil parish in Dorset in southern England. It is about west of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the parish had an estimated population of 520. In the 2011 census the parish, combined with the smaller neighbourin ...

Winterborne Clenston Winterborne Clenston is a small village and civil parish in Dorset, England, around southwest of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the civil parish had an estimated population of 40. The first part of the village name comes from the River Winterborne, ...

Winterborne Whitechurch Winterborne Whitechurch is a village and civil parish in central Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley on the A354 road on the Dorset Downs southwest of Blandford Forum. As calculated in the 2021 census, Winterborne Whitechurc ...

Winterborne Kingston Winterborne Kingston is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies south of the town of Blandford Forum and northeast of the large village of Bere Regis. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the e ...

Winterborne Muston Winterborne Muston is a village in Dorset, England. The first name of "Winterborne" comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from west to east through the village. The river only flows overground during the winter, hence the name. To the w ...

* Winterborne Anderson *

Winterborne Tomson Winterborne Tomson is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Anderson, Dorset, Anderson, in the Dorset (district), Dorset, district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 35. On 1 Apr ...

Winterborne Zelston Winterborne Zelston is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated in a winterbourne valley on the A31 road south of Blandford Forum and northwest of Poole. The parish had a population of 141 in 2001. In 2013 the esti ...

Almer Almer is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sturminster Marshall, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Almer is located on the A31 road near Winterborne Zelston, Huish Manor, Sturminster Ma ...

Sturminster Marshall Sturminster Marshall is a village and civil parish in the east of Dorset in England, situated on the River Stour between Blandford Forum and Poole. The parish had a population of 1,895 at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,969 at the 2011 Census a ...

The river flows at first southwards and then eastwards. The South Winterborne flows through the following places in Dorset from its source to the point where it joins the River Frome. *

Winterbourne Abbas Winterbourne Abbas is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road west of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 355. History In the early hours of 6 May 2023, a la ...

Winterbourne Steepleton Winterbourne Steepleton is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley west of Dorchester, next to the village of Winterbourne Abbas. The name of the village derives from its site next to a se ...

Winterborne St Martin Winterborne St Martin, commonly known as Martinstown, is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated southwest of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester, beside Maiden Castle, Dorset, Maiden Castle. In 20 ...

Winterborne Monkton Winterborne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies close to the A354 road between the county town Dorchester, to the north, and the coastal resort Weymouth, to the south. Dorset Co ...

Winterborne Herringston Winterborne Herringston, also Winterbourne Herringston, is a small civil parish and hamlet containing about 600 acres in Dorset, England, 1.4 miles south of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. The only significant structure is Herringston House, a Gr ...

Winterborne Came Winterborne Came is a small dispersed settlement and civil parish in the county of Dorset in England, situated in the west of the county, approximately south-east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of ...

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