Challenger 1
Challenger 1 is a historic site in Wool, Purbeck District, England. Challenger 1 is situated nearby to The Tank Museum, as well as near the historic site M4 Sherman.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 880 feet east 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 480 feet east 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 1¼ miles 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 3 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 3 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 3 miles north of Challenger 1.
Challenger 1
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Wool, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69455° or 50° 41′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.24473° or 2° 14′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C2VMQV4+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 7247910517OpenStreetMap 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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