Cann is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the A350 road in the North Dorset administrative district, 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) south of Shaftesbury. The civil parish covers 2,600 acres (1,100 hectares) and has an underlying geology of Kimmeridge clay, greensand and gault clay.[2] In the 2011 census the parish—which includes HM Prison Guys Marsh—had a population of 822.[1]
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Population | 822 [1] |
OS grid reference | ST872212 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHAFTESBURY |
Postcode district | SP7 |
Dialling code | 01747 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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Towns, villages and hamlets in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England | ||
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