The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary, rescue centre and primatarium near Wool, Dorset, England. Monkey World is situated 2½ miles northwest of Rushton.

Wool railway station

Railway station

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Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 125 miles 69 chains down the line from London Waterloo. South Western Railway manages the station and operates all services. Wool railway station is situated 2 miles west of Rushton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Stoke and Worgret.

East Stoke

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Stoke is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies three miles west of the small town of Wareham and two miles east of Wool. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 410.

Worgret

Hamlet

Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Worgret is a hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It is situated immediately to the west of the town of Wareham. Worgret forms part of the civil parish of Arne, within the Dorset unitary authority. Worgret is situated 1½ miles east of Rushton.

Stoborough

Village

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stoborough is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated one mile to the south of the town of Wareham, and separated from it by the River Frome. Stoborough is situated 2½ miles east of Rushton.

Rushton

Type: Locality
Location: East Stoke, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.67845° or 50° 40′ 42″ north

Longitude

-2.17133° or 2° 10′ 17″ west

Elevation

33 feet (10 metres)

Open location code

9C2VMRHH+9F

GeoNames ID

13276816

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