Herston Halt railway station
Herston Halt railway station is a railway station located at Herston near Swanage, 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 Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Herston Halt”, “Herston Halt Railway Station”, and “Herston Halt Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Swanage School and Swanage St Mark’s Church of England Primary School.
The Swanage School
School
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Swanage School is situated 910 feet southwest of Herston Halt railway station.
Swanage St Mark’s Church of England Primary School
School
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swanage St Mark’s Church of England Primary School is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Herston Halt railway station.
St Mark’s Church
Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
St Mark’s Church is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Herston Halt railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herston and Nine Barrow Down.
Herston
Neighborhood
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a western suburb of the town of Swanage, in Dorset, England. It has its own railway station – Herston Halt railway station Near Corfe Castle – on the Swanage Railway.
Nine Barrow Down
Locality
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nine Barrow Down is an elongated hill forming the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The chalk down is part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation. Nine Barrow Down is situated 1½ miles northwest of Herston Halt railway station.
Herston Halt railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.61306° or 50° 36′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.9804° or 1° 58′ 49″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C2WJ279+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 14384416OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
6952796Wikidata ID
Q15223746
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Herston Halt railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Herston Halt”
- French: “Herston”
- Urdu: “ہرسٹون ہالٹ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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