Wool
Wool is a railway stop in Wool, Purbeck District, England. Wool is situated nearby to the church Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, as well as near St Joseph’s Catholic Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wool railway station and Parish Church of the Holy Rood.
Wool railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 125 miles 69 chains down the line from London Waterloo. South Western Railway manages the station and operates all services.
Parish Church of the Holy Rood
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of the Holy Rood is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Wool.
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 north of Wool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Stoke and East Lulworth.
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 1½ miles east of Wool.
East Lulworth
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Lulworth is a village and civil parish nine miles east of Dorchester, near Lulworth Cove, in the county of Dorset, England. The village, which consists of 17th-century thatched cottages, is dominated by the barracks of the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School who use a portion of the Purbeck Hills as a gunnery range. East Lulworth is situated 3 miles south of Wool.
Worgret
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Worgret is a hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It is situated immediately to the west of the town of Wareham. Worgret forms part of the civil parish of Arne, within the Dorset unitary authority. Worgret is situated 3½ miles east of Wool.
Wool
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Wool, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.68173° or 50° 40′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.22059° or 2° 13′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C2VMQJH+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 8931055347OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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