Povington Wood
Povington Wood is a deciduous forest in Tyneham, Purbeck District, England. Povington Wood is situated nearby to the locality Worbarrow, as well as near the hamlet Steeple.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tyneham and Lulworth Castle.
Tyneham
Museum
Tyneham is a ghost village abandoned in 1943 and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the Dorset district, in the south of Dorset, England, near Lulworth on the Isle of Purbeck.
Lulworth Castle
Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an early 17th-century hunting lodge erected in the style of a revival fortified castle, one of only five extant Elizabethan or Jacobean buildings of this type.
Povington Hill
Peak
Photo: Bermicourt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Povington Hill, at 198 metres high, is one of the highest points on the chain of the Purbeck Hills in south Dorset on the southern coast of England. Its prominence of 107 metres means it is listed as one of the Tumps, although map sources suggest this honour should go to Ridgeway Hill further east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wareham and Lulworth.
Wareham
Wareham is a romantic and unforgettable old town in Dorset, UK. It lives within its earthen walls, with ramparts north, east and west and a river to the south.
Lulworth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lulworth is the popular name for an area on the coast of Dorset, South West England notable for its castle and cove. However, there is no actual place or feature called simply "Lulworth", the villages are East and West Lulworth and the coastal feature is Lulworth Cove.
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.
Povington Wood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Tyneham, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6396° or 50° 38′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.1622° or 2° 9′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C2VJRQQ+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1096300190OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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