Winfrith

Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment, or AEE Winfrith, was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near in . It covered an area on Winfrith Heath to the west of the village of between the A352 road and the South West Main Line.
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  • Access is restricted and requires permission.
  • Type: Brownfield land
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: “Centrale nucleaire de Winfrith”, “SGHWR”, “UKAEA Nuclear Site”, and “ドーチェスター”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Tank Museum and Wool railway station.

Museum
Photo: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at in , . It is about 1 mile north of the village of and 12 miles west of the major port of . is situated 1½ miles northeast of Winfrith.

Railway station
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of in , . It is on the South West Main Line, 125 miles 69 chains down the line from . South Western Railway manages the station and operates all services. is situated 2 miles east of Winfrith.

Zoo
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary, rescue centre and primatarium near , , . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Winfrith.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chaldon Herring and East Stoke.

Village
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or East Chaldon is a village and civil parish in the county of , about 8 miles south-east of the county town of . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Winfrith.

Village
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is a village in the county of . It lies three miles west of the small town of and two miles east of . In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 410. is situated 3½ miles east of Winfrith.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town . Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. is situated 4 miles northwest of Winfrith.

Winfrith

Latitude
50.68154° or 50° 40′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.26562° or 2° 15′ 56″ west
Operator
Research Sites Restoration Limited
Open location code
9C2VMPJM+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 243637480
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­brownfield
Wiki­data ID
Q828534
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Japanese—“Winfrith” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Winfrith”
  • Dutch: “Winfrith”
  • French: “Centrale nucléaire de Winfrith”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Winfrith”
  • Italian: “centrale nucleare di Winfrith”
  • Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Winfrith”
  • Japanese: “ウィンフリス”

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