Churck Knowle
Churck Knowle is a locality in Church Knowle, Purbeck District, England. Churck Knowle is situated nearby to the hamlet Cocknowle, as well as near the locality Bradle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Corfe Castle and The New Inn.
Corfe Castle
Castle
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Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage.
Blue Pool
Lake
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blue Pool is a flooded, disused clay pit where Purbeck ball clay was once extracted. It is now a lake within the Furzebrook Estate, a 25-acre park of heath woodland and gorse near Furzebrook on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset, southern England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Creech and Corfe Castle.
East Creech
Hamlet
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East Creech is a hamlet in the parish of Church Knowle in the county of Dorset, England. East Creech lies at the northern foot of the Purbeck Hills about 3 kilometres west of Corfe Castle.
Corfe Castle
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Corfe Castle is a village in Dorset and the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The medieval castle, built by William the Conqueror, dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage.
Furzebrook
Village
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Furzebrook is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. It is about 2 miles south of Wareham and 2 miles northwest of Corfe Castle, and is in the civil parish of Church Knowle.
Churck Knowle
- Type: Locality
- Location: Church Knowle, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.63716° or 50° 38′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.08457° or 2° 5′ 5″ westElevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
9C2VJWP8+V5GeoNames ID
11071865
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