# Crendell
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{{short description|Hamlet in Alderholt, Dorset, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|50.920324|-1.883574|display=inline,title}}
|official_name= Crendell
|static_image_name = Crendell, Methodist Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 644443.jpg
|static_image_caption = Methodist Chapel, Crendell
| unitary_england= [Dorset](/source/Dorset_(district))
| lieutenancy_england= [Dorset](/source/Dorset)
|region= South West England
|constituency_westminster= [North Dorset](/source/North_Dorset_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|post_town= FORDINGBRIDGE
|postcode_district = SP6
|postcode_area= SP
|dial_code= 01725
|os_grid_reference= SU082134
}}
'''Crendell''' is a hamlet in the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of [Alderholt](/source/Alderholt)[[http://www.stjamesalderholt.org.uk/history.htm History], St James Church, Alderholt] in [Dorset](/source/Dorset), [England](/source/England). The hamlet is close to the Dorset-[Hampshire](/source/Hampshire) border. Its nearest town is [Verwood](/source/Verwood), which lies approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south from the hamlet.
Crendell has about ten houses.[[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-13575345 Crendell Church closes as Alderholt Chapel opens], BBC News, 27 May 2011] Clay was once mined here for the local pottery industry in Alderholt.[[http://www.alderholt.com/a_history_of_alderholt.htm A History of Alderholt]] Crendell also has a [Methodist](/source/Methodist) chapel, which lies on the Hampshire side of the county border. The chapel, which was built in 1870, closed in 2011.