Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle is a railway stop in Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, England. Corfe Castle is situated nearby to Swanage Railway Museum, as well as near the arts center Sandyhill Arts.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Corfe Castle railway station and Corfe Castle.

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

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 is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Corfe Castle.

Mortons House Hotel

Hotel

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Mortons House Hotel in Corfe Castle in Dorset, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woolgarston and Kingston.

Woolgarston

Hamlet

Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woolgarston is a village in Dorset, England.

Kingston

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kingston is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in southern England. Kingston is situated 1½ miles south of Corfe Castle.

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. Harman’s Cross is situated 2 miles southeast of Corfe Castle.

Corfe Castle

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.63827° or 50° 38′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.05489° or 2° 3′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C2VJWQW+82

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6912650609

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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