Wool
Wool is a locality in Purbeck District, Dorset, England. Wool is situated nearby to the locality Bovington Camp, as well as near the hamlet East Burton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Tank Museum and Monkey World.
The Tank Museum
Museum
Photo: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tank Museum is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It is about 1 mile north of the village of Wool and 12 miles west of the major port of Poole.
Monkey World
Zoo
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary, rescue centre and primatarium near Wool, Dorset, England.
Wool railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 125 miles 69 chains down the line from London Waterloo. South Western Railway manages the station and operates all services.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Stoke and Turners Puddle.
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 southeast of Wool.
Turners Puddle
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turners Puddle is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Turners Puddle is situated 3½ miles north of Wool.
East Lulworth
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Lulworth is a village and civil parish nine miles east of Dorchester, near Lulworth Cove, in the county of Dorset, England. The village, which consists of 17th-century thatched cottages, is dominated by the barracks of the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School who use a portion of the Purbeck Hills as a gunnery range. East Lulworth is situated 4 miles south of Wool.
Wool
- Type: Locality
- Location: Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69° or 50° 41′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.2324° or 2° 13′ 57″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
9C2VMQQ9+X3GeoNames ID
7298001
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