Chetnole

Chetnole
Parish church of St Peter
Chetnole
Chetnole shown within Dorset
Population	330
OS grid reference	ST602080
District	West Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
List of places UK England Dorset 50°52′12″N 2°34′01″W / 50.8701°N 2.5669°W / 50.8701; -2.5669Coordinates: 50°52′12″N 2°34′01″W / 50.8701°N 2.5669°W / 50.8701; -2.5669

Chetnole is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the West Dorset administrative district, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) southsouthwest of Sherborne and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) southeast of Yeovil in Somerset. It is sited on Oxford clay by the small Wriggle River at the western end of the Blackmore Vale. There are around 128 houses in the village. It has a railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line operated by First Great Western trains. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 330. In the 2011 census the population of Chetnole parish combined with the small parish of Stockwood to the west was 344.

Chetnole was not recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086.