Kingston

Kingston is a small on the in the county of in southern .
Wikipedia
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village
  • Description: village near Wareham, Dorset, UK
  • Also known as: “Kingston, Dorset” and “Kingston, Purbeck”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corfe Castle and Encombe House.

Castle
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is a fortification standing above on the peninsula in the English county of . Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the on the route between and . is situated 1½ miles north of Kingston.

Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a privately owned, Grade II* listed country house built in 1735 on the Encombe Estate near the village of Kingston and about 1-mile inland of 's in southern .

Peak
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is the highest point of the in , on the south coast of . The hill lies about 2 kilometres southwest of the village Kingston, about 5 kilometres south of and 8 kilometres west of . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Kingston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Worth Matravers and Harman’s Cross.

Village
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is a and civil parish in the county of . The village is situated on the cliffs west of . It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the . is situated 1½ miles southeast of Kingston.

Village
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Harman's Cross is a small on the in , . It is situated on the A351 road between and . The village is within the civil parish of , which is itself within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons. is situated 2 miles east of Kingston.

Hamlet
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , . is situated 2 miles northeast of Kingston.

Kingston

Latitude
50.61651° or 50° 36′ 59″ north
Longitude
-2.06287° or 2° 3′ 46″ west
Elevation
384 feet (117 metres)
Open location code
9C2VJW8P+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26045232
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2645438
Wiki­data ID
Q984075
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Kingston” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kingston”
  • Albanian: “Kingston”
  • Arabic: “كينغستون”
  • Aragonese: “Kingston”
  • Basque: “Kingston”
  • Bengali: “কিংস্টন”
  • Breton: “Kingston”
  • Catalan: “Kingston”
  • Chinese: “金斯頓”
  • Chinese: “金斯顿”
  • Croatian: “Kingston”
  • Czech: “Kingston”
  • Danish: “Kingston”
  • Dutch: “Kingston”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كينجستين”
  • Esperanto: “Kingston”
  • Estonian: “Kingston”
  • Finnish: “Kingston”
  • French: “Kingston”
  • Galician: “Kingston”
  • German: “Kingston”
  • Hungarian: “Kingston”
  • Icelandic: “Kingston”
  • Irish: “Kingston”
  • Italian: “Kingston”
  • Lithuanian: “Kingston”
  • Lombard: “Kingston”
  • Low German: “Kingston”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kingston”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kingston”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kingston”
  • Persian: “کینگستون، پوربک”
  • Piemontese: “Kingston”
  • Polish: “Kingston”
  • Portuguese: “Kingston”
  • Romanian: “Kingston”
  • Sanskrit: “किङ्ग्स्तोन”
  • Slovak: “Kingston”
  • Slovenian: “Kingston”
  • Spanish: “Kingston”
  • Swedish: “Kingston”
  • Swiss German: “Kingston”
  • Turkish: “Kingston”
  • Urdu: “کنگسٹن، پوربیک”
  • Walloon: “Kingston”
  • Welsh: “Kingston, Purbeck”
  • Welsh: “Kingston”

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