Wareham Castle
Wareham Castle and the town defences, known locally as the Walls, were fortifications in the town of Wareham in Dorset, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “the Walls” and “Wareham Castle and town defences”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wareham Town Museum and Lady St Mary Church, Wareham.
Wareham Town Museum
Museum
Wareham Town Museum tells the story of the Wareham area of Dorset in southern England from prehistoric times to the present day, with a special exhibition on Lawrence of Arabia, who lived nearby. Wareham Town Museum is situated 940 feet northeast of Wareham Castle.
Lady St Mary Church, Wareham
Church
The parish church of Lady St. Mary, Wareham is a church of Anglo-Saxon origin in the town of Wareham, Dorset, in England. The church is notable as the possible burial place of King Beorhtric, and for the discovery of five stones with Brittonic inscriptions dating to the 7th to 9th centuries. Lady St Mary Church, Wareham is situated 1,100 feet east of Wareham Castle.
St Martin’s Church, Wareham
Church
Photo: Wulfrunian1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Martin's Church, Wareham, sometimes St Martin's-on-the-walls, is an Anglo-Saxon church in the town of Wareham in Dorset, England. It is the most complete example of an Anglo-Saxon church in Dorset. It is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument. St Martin’s Church, Wareham is situated 1,700 feet north of Wareham Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stoborough and Ridge.
Stoborough
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoborough is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated one mile to the south of the town of Wareham, and separated from it by the River Frome.
Ridge
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ridge is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the south bank of the River Frome, about half a mile due south east of the town of Wareham.
Stoborough Green
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoborough Green is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated to the south of the village of Stoborough and about 2 kilometres south of the town of Wareham.
Wareham Castle
- Categories: destroyed building or structure, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wareham, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wareham Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wareham Castle”
- German: “Wareham Castle”
- Swedish: “Wareham Castle”
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