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Tyneham

Tyneham

Tyneham is a ghost village abandoned in 1943 and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the Dorset district, in the south of , England, near on the .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: former civil parish and ghost village in south Dorset, England
  • Also known as: “Tyneham, Dorset” and “West Tineham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Former National School and Gad Cliff.

Museum
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is a museum.

Cliff
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a south-facing cliff face, immediately to the east of and Pondfield Cove, on the south coast of the in , . Behind it is Gold Down, part of the Lulworth Ranges.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Lulworth and Steeple.

Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish nine miles east of , near , in the county of , England. The village, which consists of 17th-century thatched cottages, is dominated by the barracks of the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School who use a portion of the as a gunnery range. is situated 2 miles northwest of Tyneham.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of with Tyneham, in the county of . It is situated 8 miles west of the coastal resort town of at the foot of . is situated 2 miles east of Tyneham.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the parish of in the county of , . lies at the northern foot of the about 3 kilometres west of . is situated 3 miles northeast of Tyneham.

Tyneham

Latitude
50.62255° or 50° 37′ 21″ north
Longitude
-2.16845° or 2° 10′ 6″ west
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
9C2VJRFJ+2J
Geo­Names ID
2635271
Wiki­data ID
Q983926
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Tyneham” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Тйнехам”
  • Catalan: “Tyneham”
  • Cebuano: “Tyneham”
  • Dutch: “Tyneham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تاينهام”
  • French: “Tyneham”
  • German: “Tyneham”
  • Italian: “Tyneham”
  • Japanese: “タイナム（ドーセット）”
  • Japanese: “タイナム”
  • Persian: “تاینام”
  • Polish: “Tyneham”
  • Swedish: “Tyneham”
  • Welsh: “Tyneham”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Povington Hill and Tyneham Cap.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tyneham”. Photo: Tuuraan78, CC BY 3.0.