Little Woolgarston

Little Woolgarston is a hamlet in Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, England. Little Woolgarston is situated nearby to the village Harman’s Cross, as well as near the locality Ailwood Down.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corfe Castle and Corfe Castle railway station.

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.

Corfe Castle railway station

Railway station

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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.

Harman’s Cross railway station

Railway station

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Harman's Cross railway station is a railway station located in the village of Harman's Cross, 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woolgarston and Harman’s Cross.

Woolgarston

Hamlet

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Woolgarston is a village in Dorset, England.

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.

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.

Little Woolgarston

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

50.63441° or 50° 38′ 4″ north

Longitude

-2.03471° or 2° 2′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C2VJXM8+Q4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5071370171

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ailwood Down and Rempstone.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Woolgarston Cottage and Bushey Wood.

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