Crendell

OSgridreferenceSU082134

Post townFORDINGBRIDGE

UKParliament

• North Dorset

Crendell
Methodist Chapel, Crendell
Crendell Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	SU082134
Unitary authority	Dorset
Ceremonial county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FORDINGBRIDGE
Postcode district	SP6
Dialling code	01725
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Dorset
List of places UK England Dorset 50°55′13″N 1°53′01″W / 50.920324°N 1.883574°W / 50.920324; -1.883574

Crendell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Alderholt^[1] in Dorset, England. The hamlet is close to the Dorset-Hampshire border. Its nearest town is Verwood, which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south from the hamlet.

Crendell has about ten houses.^[2] Clay was once mined here for the local pottery industry in Alderholt.^[3] Crendell also has a Methodist chapel, which lies on the Hampshire side of the county border. The chapel, which was built in 1870, closed in 2011.^[2]