Wytch Heath
Wytch Heath is a locality in Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, England. Wytch Heath is situated nearby to the locality South Middlebere, as well as near the hamlet Bushey.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wytch Farm and Corfe Castle.
Wytch Farm
Wytch Farm is an oil field and processing facility in Dorset, England. It is the largest onshore oil field in Western Europe. The facility, taken over by Perenco in 2011, was previously operated by BP.
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 1½ miles southwest of Wytch Heath.
Norden railway station
Railway station
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Norden railway station is a railway station located one mile to the north of the village of Corfe Castle, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. Norden railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wytch Heath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woolgarston and Nine Barrow Down.
Woolgarston
Hamlet
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Woolgarston is a village in Dorset, England. Woolgarston is situated 2 miles south of Wytch Heath.
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. Nine Barrow Down is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wytch Heath.
Ridge
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ridge is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the south bank of the River Frome, about half a mile due south east of the town of Wareham. Ridge is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wytch Heath.
Wytch Heath
- Type: Locality
- Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66167° or 50° 39′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.03898° or 2° 2′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C2VMX66+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 764081773OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
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