Winterborne Herringston

Winterborne Herringston is a hamlet in Winterborne Herringston, West Dorset District, England. Winterborne Herringston is situated nearby to the hamlet Winterborne Monkton, as well as near Winterborne Came.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maiden Castle and Maumbury Rings.

Maiden Castle

Archaeological site

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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.

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.

Dorchester South railway station

Railway station

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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.

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

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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 2 miles northwest of Winterborne Herringston.

Upwey

Village

Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Upwey is a suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. The suburb is situated on the B3159 road in the Wey valley. The area was formerly a village until it was absorbed into the Weymouth built-up area. Upwey is situated 2½ miles southwest of Winterborne Herringston.

Winterborne Herringston

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Winterborne Herringston, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.69105° or 50° 41′ 28″ north

Longitude

-2.43888° or 2° 26′ 20″ west

Elevation

197 feet (60 metres)

Open location code

9C2VMHR6+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3839650476

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13276048

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