Winterborne Came
Winterborne Came is a small dispersed settlement and civil parish in the county of Dorset in England, situated in the west of the county, approximately 1 mile south-east of the county town Dorchester.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 50 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, UK
- Also known as: “Winterborne Came, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maiden Castle and Dorchester South railway station.
Maiden Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Dorchester South railway station
Railway station
Dorchester South is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England, the other is Dorchester West. The station is on the South West Main Line and is situated 135 miles 70 chains down the line from London Waterloo, between Moreton and Upwey.
Maumbury Rings
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic henge in the south of Dorchester town in Dorset, England. It is a large circular earthwork, 85 metres in diameter, with a single bank and an entrance to the north east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorchester and Poundbury.
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.
Poundbury
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. Poundbury is situated 2½ miles northwest of Winterborne Came.
Preston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston is a coastal village and suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. It is approximately 3 kilometres north-east of Weymouth town centre and 2 kilometres west of the village of Osmington. Preston is situated 2½ miles south of Winterborne Came.
Winterborne Came
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Winterborne Came” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Winterborne Came”
- Chinese: “Winterborne Came”
- Dutch: “Winterborne Came”
- French: “Winterborne Came”
- Irish: “Winterborne Came”
- Italian: “Winterborne Came”
- Ladin: “Winterborne Came”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Winterborne Came”
- Persian: “وینتربورن کیم”
- Polish: “Winterborne Came”
- Swedish: “Winterborne Came”
- Turkish: “Winterborne Came”
- Welsh: “Winterborne Came”
- “Winterborne Came”
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