Herston
Herston is a western suburb of the town of Swanage, in Dorset, England. It has its own railway station – Herston Halt railway station Near Corfe Castle – on the Swanage Railway.Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: suburb in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Herston, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mark’s Church and Herston Halt railway station.
Herston Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Herston Halt railway station is a railway station located at Herston near Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is an intermediate station on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that currently operates from Swanage to Norden.
Swanage Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swanage railway station is located in Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. Originally the terminus of a London and South Western Railway branch line from Wareham, the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anvil Point and Peveril Point.
Anvil Point
Locality
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anvil Point is a headland that is part of the Jurassic Coast on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It is within the grounds of Durlston Country Park and is about 3 kilometres from Swanage town centre. Anvil Point Lighthouse is located on the point and was established in 1881.
Peveril Point
Locality
Peveril Point is a headland on the east-facing coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, and is part of the town of Swanage. It forms the southern end of Swanage Bay.
Herston
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.60783° or 50° 36′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.97493° or 1° 58′ 30″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HETOpen location code
9C2WJ25G+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 12730674365OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11071812Wikidata ID
Q5744624
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Herston” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Herston, Dorset”
- French: “Herston”
- Irish: “Herston, Dorset”
- Polish: “Herston (Dorset)”
- Polish: “Herston”
- Welsh: “Herston, Dorset”
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