Isle of Purbeck
The Isle of Purbeck is a peninsula in Dorset, England. It is bordered by water on three sides: the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Corfe Castle and The Fox Inn.
Corfe Castle
Castle
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Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage.
Corfe Castle railway station
Railway station
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Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle, in the English county of Dorset. Originally an intermediate station on the London and South Western Railway branch line from Wareham to Swanage, the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingston and Woolgarston.
Kingston
Village
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Kingston is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in southern England.
Harman’s Cross
Village
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Harman's Cross is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A351 road between Swanage and Corfe Castle. The village is within the civil parish of Worth Matravers, which is itself within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons. Harman’s Cross is situated 2 miles southeast of Isle of Purbeck.
Isle of Purbeck
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Dorset, England
- Category: landform
- Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Isle of Purbeck” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Purbeck uhartea”
- Breton: “Enez Purbeck”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Purbeck”
- Chinese: “波白克島”
- Cornish: “Purbeck”
- Dutch: “Isle of Purbeck”
- Dutch: “Purbeck-eiland”
- French: “île de Purbeck”
- French: “Île de Purbeck”
- German: “Isle of Purbeck”
- Italian: “Isola di Purbeck”
- Japanese: “パーベック半島”
- Japanese: “パーベック島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isle of Purbeck”
- Polish: “Isle of Purbeck”
- Polish: “Purbeck”
- Slovenian: “Isle of Purbeck”
- Spanish: “Isla de Purbeck”
- Swedish: “Isle of Purbeck”
- Welsh: “Ynys Purbeck”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Challow Hill and East Hill.
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