Purbeck District
Purbeck District is a locality in Dorset, West Country, England. Purbeck District is situated nearby to the hamlet Worgret, as well as near the village Stoborough.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wareham railway station and Wareham Town Museum.
Wareham railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wareham railway station serves the historic market town of Wareham, in Dorset, England. It is situated about 0.6 miles north of the town centre and 120 miles 70 chains down the line from London Waterloo on the South West Main Line.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wareham and East Stoke.
Wareham
Wareham is a romantic and unforgettable old town in Dorset, UK. It lives within its earthen walls, with ramparts north, east and west and a river to the south.
East Stoke
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Stoke is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies three miles west of the small town of Wareham and two miles east of Wool. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 410. East Stoke is situated 2½ miles west of Purbeck District.
Sandford
Village
Photo: David Squire, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandford is a village in the English county of Dorset, on the A351 road some two miles from Wareham and seven miles from Poole. Sandford forms the only significant settlement within the civil parish of Wareham St.
Purbeck District
- Type: Locality with 46,300 residents
- Location: Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6842° or 50° 41′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.124° or 2° 7′ 26″ westPopulation
46,300Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C2VMVMG+MCGeoNames ID
7290683
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Worgret and Stoborough.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South & East Dorset Primary Care Trust and Wareham Castle.
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