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.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 Sandford and Ridge.
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.
Ridge
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ridge is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the south bank of the River Frome, about half a mile due south east of the town of Wareham.
Wareham
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Wareham Town”
- Location: Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6919° or 50° 41′ 31″ northLongitude
-2.1089° or 2° 6′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C2VMVRR+QCGeoNames ID
7297602
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