Sherborne railway station
Sherborne railway station serves the town of Sherborne in Dorset, England. It is situated on the West of England Main Line, 118 miles 4 chains down the line from London Waterloo and is currently operated by South Western Railway.Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Sherborne, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “SHE”, “Sherborne Railway Station”, and “Sherborne Station”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherborne Abbey and Sherborne Museum.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
Photo: Isis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries. Sherborne Abbey is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Sherborne railway station.
Sherborne Museum
Museum
Photo: SMCurator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sherborne Museum is an independent, community-run museum located in the centre of Sherborne, Dorset. It is housed in the Abbey Gatehouse, a Grade II listed building situated on Church Lane, a pedestrianised thoroughfare connecting the town's market place with Sherborne Abbey. Sherborne Museum is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Sherborne railway station.
The Conduit
Historic building
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Conduit is a historic building, which is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Sherborne railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleton and Longburton.
Castleton
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle.
Longburton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524. Longburton is situated 2 miles south of Sherborne railway station.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. Alweston is situated 2 miles southeast of Sherborne railway station.
Sherborne railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Sherborne, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.94398° or 50° 56′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.51297° or 2° 30′ 47″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Operator
South Western RailwayNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SHE”Open location code
9C2VWFVP+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 6013523221OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6953551Wikidata ID
Q2407888
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Sherborne railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Sherborne”
- Dutch: “Station Sherborne”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة شيربورن”
- French: “gare de Sherborne”
- French: “Sherborne”
- Polish: “Sherborne”
- Urdu: “شربورن ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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