Bincombe

Bincombe is a small village, or hamlet, and civil parish in Dorset, England, 5 miles north of Weymouth. The village is 1 mile from Upwey railway station and 28 miles from Bournemouth Airport.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Upwey railway station and Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit.

Upwey railway station

Railway station

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Upwey railway station serves the Broadwey, Upwey and Littlemoor suburbs of Weymouth in Dorset, England. The station is situated on the South West Main Line, 140 miles 31 chains from London Waterloo and on the Heart of Wessex Line, 166 miles 30 chains from London Paddington.

Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit

Archaeological site

The Ridgeway Hill Viking burial pit at Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth, Dorset, was a mass grave of 54 skeletons, including 51 skulls, of Scandinavian men executed some time between AD 970 and 1025.

Maiden Castle

Archaeological site

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Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age. Maiden Castle is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bincombe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorchester and Weymouth.

Dorchester

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset. A market town with an undoubtedly long history, Dorchester has connections to Thomas Hardy, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Roman Britain, and today features a wide range of visitor attractions, independent retailers and eateries.

Weymouth

Photo: Caroline Granycome, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Weymouth is a seaside resort town in Dorset, a county on the south coast of the West Country, in England. Visitors are attracted by its harbour and position, approximately halfway along the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, important for its geology and landforms.

Nottington

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nottington is a village within the Dorset unitary authority area of the county of Dorset, England. Its nearest town is Weymouth, which lies approximately 2.6 miles to the south-east. Nottington is situated 2 miles southwest of Bincombe.

Bincombe

Type: Locality
Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.6639° or 50° 39′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.4465° or 2° 26′ 48″ west

Elevation

466 feet (142 metres)

Open location code

9C2VMH73+H9

GeoNames ID

7295013

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