Big Wood
Big Wood is a forest in Melbury Sampford, West Dorset District, England. Big Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Melbury Sampford, as well as near the village Melbury Osmond.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chetnole railway station and Parish Church of St Mary.
Chetnole railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrew Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chetnole railway station is a small rural station serving the village of Chetnole, Dorset, England. The station is on the Heart of Wessex Line 21¼ miles north of Weymouth towards Westbury, and 147.5 miles from the zero point at London Paddington, measured via Swindon and Westbury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holywell and East Coker.
Holywell
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holywell is a hamlet in Dorset, England, located on the A37 roughly midway between Yeovil and Dorchester. A tributary of the River Frome passes through the hamlet.
East Coker
Village
Photo: Carl Whitehouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Coker is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its nearest town is Yeovil, two miles to the north. The village has a population of 1,667.
Rampisham Down
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rampisham Down is a chalk hill in the Dorset Downs, eight miles north west of Dorchester in west Dorset, England. The highest part of the hill is 221 metres.
Big Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Melbury Sampford, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.8593° or 50° 51′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.6178° or 2° 37′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C2VV95J+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 199330027OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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