The Grove
The Grove is a small village located at Tophill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. The village is found close to the larger village Easton, and is most notable for containing the HM Prison Portland, including its museum Grove Prison Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Grove”, “The Grove, Dorset”, and “The Grove, Portland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s Church and East Weare Rifle Range.
St Peter’s Church
Church
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Peter's Church is a former Church of England church in The Grove, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. Designed by Major-General Sir Edmund Du Cane, the church was built in 1870-72 and is now a Grade II* Listed building.
East Weare Rifle Range
Ruins
East Weare Rifle Range is a disused naval rifle range on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is located within the area of East Weares, overlooking Portland Harbour.
Folly Pier Waterworks
Ruins
Photo: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Folly Pier Waterworks was a 19th-century waterworks on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It was located at East Weares, the east side of Portland, below HM Prison Portland, which it supplied water for.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wakeham and Easton.
Wakeham
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wakeham is a hamlet near the village of Easton, in Tophill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. It is situated between the Straits part of Easton, and Pennsylvania Castle.
Easton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easton is a village on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. The village is situated at Tophill, within the centre of the island. As with the rest of Portland's villages and settlements, Easton, including the settlements Reforne and Straits, has been designated as a conservation area, as it is a place of special architectural and historic interest.
Fortuneswell
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortuneswell is a village in Underhill on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England. It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where Chesil Beach connects the island to the mainland.
The Grove
- Category: locality
- Location: Isle of Portland, Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.55154° or 50° 33′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.42477° or 2° 25′ 29″ westElevation
354 feet (108 metres)Open location code
9C2VHH2G+J3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4512277169OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“The Grove” goes by many names.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “The Grove”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.