Knitson

Knitson is a hamlet in Swanage, Purbeck District, England. Knitson is situated nearby to the locality Kingswood Down, as well as near Nine Barrow Down.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Herston Halt railway station and Rempstone Stone Circle.

Herston Halt railway station

Railway station

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Herston Halt railway station is a railway station located at Herston near Swanage, 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.

Rempstone Stone Circle

Archaeological site

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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.

Swanage St Mark’s Church of England Primary School

School

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nine Barrow Down and Harman’s Cross.

Nine Barrow Down

Locality

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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

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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.