Harman’s Cross railway station
Harman's Cross railway station is a railway station located in the village of Harman's Cross, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is an intermediate station on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that currently operates from Swanage to Norden.Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Harman’s Cross Railway Station” and “Harman’s Cross Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Corfe Castle and Rempstone Stone Circle.
Corfe Castle
Castle
Photo: Chin tin tin, CC BY 3.0.
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 is situated 2 miles northwest of Harman’s Cross railway station.
Rempstone Stone Circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rempstone Stone Circle is a stone circle near to Corfe Castle on the Isle of Purbeck in the south-western English county of Dorset. Archaeologists believe that it was likely erected during the Bronze Age. Rempstone Stone Circle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Harman’s Cross railway station.
Corfe Castle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Corfe Castle railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Harman’s Cross railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harman’s Cross and Woolgarston.
Harman’s Cross
Village
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Acton
Hamlet
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Acton is a hamlet in the parish of Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. Acton was built as living quarters for the quarrymen working at the local quarries.
Harman’s Cross railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Worth Matravers, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.61979° or 50° 37′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.02656° or 2° 1′ 36″ westElevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
9C2VJX9F+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 14382860OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
6952741Wikidata ID
Q5659026
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Harman’s Cross railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Harman’s Cross”
- French: “Harman’s Cross”
- Urdu: “ہارمینز کراس ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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