Acton
Acton is a hamlet in the parish of Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. Acton was built as living quarters for the quarrymen working at the local quarries.Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Dorset, UK
- Also known as: “Acton, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include ROC observation post, Worth Matravers and Spyway Barn.
ROC observation post, Worth Matravers
Bunker
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
ROC observation post, Worth Matravers is a bunker.
Harman’s Cross railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Harman's Cross railway station is a railway station located in the village of Harman's Cross, 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dancing Ledge and Worth Matravers.
Dancing Ledge
Locality
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dancing Ledge is part of the Jurassic Coast near Langton Matravers in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. Dancing Ledge is a flat area of rock at the base of a small cliff.
Worth Matravers
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Worth Matravers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is situated on the cliffs west of Swanage. It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck.
Harman’s Cross
Village
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harman's Cross is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A351 road between Swanage and Corfe Castle. The village is within the civil parish of Worth Matravers, which is itself within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons.
Acton
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Langton Matravers, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.60531° or 50° 36′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.01664° or 2° 0′ 60″ westElevation
440 feet (134 metres)Open location code
9C2VJX4M+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 898869389OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Acton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Acton, Dorset”
- German: “Acton”
- Irish: “Acton”
- Italian: “Acton”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Acton”
- Persian: “اکتن، دورست”
- Polish: “Acton (Dorset)”
- Polish: “Acton”
- Urdu: “ایکٹن، ڈورسٹ”
- Welsh: “Acton, Dorset”
- Welsh: “Acton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Keates Quarries and Burngate Purbeck Stone Centre.
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