Former National School
Former National School is a museum in Tyneham, Purbeck District, England. Former National School is situated nearby to the ruins Tyneham Post Office, as well as near the museum St Mary’s Church.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: school building in Tyneham, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Tyneham School”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tyneham and Gad Cliff.
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.
Gad Cliff
Cliff
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gad Cliff is a south-facing cliff face, immediately to the east of Worbarrow Tout and Pondfield Cove, on the south coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. Behind it is Gold Down, part of the Lulworth Ranges.
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 East Lulworth and Steeple.
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 2 miles northwest of Former National School.
Steeple
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steeple is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the English county of Dorset. It is situated 8 miles west of the coastal resort town of Swanage at the foot of Ridgeway Hill. Steeple is situated 2 miles east of Former National School.
East Creech
Hamlet
Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3 miles northeast of Former National School.
Former National School
- Categories: school building, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Tyneham, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6228° or 50° 37′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.16923° or 2° 10′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C2VJRFJ+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 143384537OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q97480633
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