Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum is a museum in Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, England. Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum is situated nearby to Norden railway station, as well as near the forest Square Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Norden railway station and Corfe Castle.

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.

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 2,000 feet south of Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum.

Corfe Castle railway station

Railway station

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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 railway station is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Furzebrook and Woolgarston.

Furzebrook

Village

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Furzebrook is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. It is about 2 miles south of Wareham and 2 miles northwest of Corfe Castle, and is in the civil parish of Church Knowle. Furzebrook is situated 1½ miles west of Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum.

Woolgarston

Hamlet

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Woolgarston is a village in Dorset, England. Woolgarston is situated 2 miles southeast of Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum.

East Creech

Hamlet

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East Creech is a hamlet in the parish of Church Knowle in the county of Dorset, England. East Creech lies at the northern foot of the Purbeck Hills about 3 kilometres west of Corfe Castle. East Creech is situated 2 miles west of Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum.

Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.64506° or 50° 38′ 42″ north

Longitude

-2.06157° or 2° 3′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C2VJWWQ+29

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9105213464

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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