Challenger 1
Challenger 1 is a historic site in Wool, Purbeck District, England. Challenger 1 is situated nearby to the historic site Centurion, as well as near Chieftain MK.5.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tank Museum and Royal Tank Regiment Memorial, Bovington Tank Museum.
The Tank Museum
Museum
Photo: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tank Museum is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It is about 1 mile north of the village of Wool and 12 miles west of the major port of Poole. The Tank Museum is situated 790 feet northwest of Challenger 1.
Royal Tank Regiment Memorial, Bovington Tank Museum
Memorial
Photo: Morio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Royal Tank Regiment Memorial, Bovington Tank Museum is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Challenger 1.
Monkey World
Zoo
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1 mile east of Challenger 1.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Stoke and Briantspuddle.
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. East Stoke is situated 2½ miles southeast of Challenger 1.
Briantspuddle
Hamlet
Briantspuddle is a small village in the Piddle Valley in Dorset, England, near the villages of Affpuddle and Tolpuddle and about 8 miles east of the county town of Dorchester. Briantspuddle is situated 3½ miles north of Challenger 1.
Turners Puddle
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turners Puddle is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Turners Puddle is situated 3½ miles north of Challenger 1.
Challenger 1
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Wool, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69289° or 50° 41′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.23855° or 2° 14′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C2VMQV6+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 5588238505OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tank
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In Other Languages
“Challenger 1” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “チャレンジャー1型”
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