Rempstone

Rempstone is a hamlet in Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, England. Rempstone is situated nearby to the locality Burnbake, as well as near Ailwood Down.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rempstone Stone Circle and Corfe Castle.

Rempstone Stone Circle

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rempstone Stone Circle is a stone circle near to Corfe Castle on the Isle of Purbeck in the south-western English county of Dorset. Archaeologists believe that it was likely erected during the Bronze Age.

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. Corfe Castle is situated 2 miles west of Rempstone.

Corfe Castle railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle, in the English county of Dorset. Originally an intermediate station on the London and South Western Railway branch line from Wareham to Swanage, the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972. Corfe Castle railway station is situated 2 miles west of Rempstone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woolgarston and Nine Barrow Down.

Woolgarston

Hamlet

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woolgarston is a village in Dorset, England.

Nine Barrow Down

Locality

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nine Barrow Down is an elongated hill forming the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The chalk down is part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation.

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. Harman’s Cross is situated 1½ miles south of Rempstone.

Rempstone

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.64389° or 50° 38′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.01498° or 2° 0′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C2VJXVP+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 293643179

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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