Winfrith
Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment, or AEE Winfrith, was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site near Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset. It covered an area on Winfrith Heath to the west of the village of Wool between the A352 road and the South West Main Line.Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: architectural structure
- Also known as: “UKAEA Nuclear Site”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tank Museum and Wool railway station.
The Tank Museum
Museum
Photo: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tank Museum is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It is about 1 mile north of the village of Wool and 12 miles west of the major port of Poole. The Tank Museum is situated 1½ miles northeast of Winfrith.
Wool railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England. It is on the South West Main Line, 125 miles 69 chains down the line from London Waterloo. South Western Railway manages the station and operates all services. Wool railway station is situated 2 miles east of Winfrith.
Monkey World
Zoo
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary, rescue centre and primatarium near Wool, Dorset, England. Monkey World is situated 2½ miles northeast of Winfrith.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chaldon Herring and East Stoke.
Chaldon Herring
Village
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chaldon Herring or East Chaldon is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, about 8 miles south-east of the county town of Dorchester. Chaldon Herring is situated 2½ miles southwest of Winfrith.
East Stoke
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Stoke is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies three miles west of the small town of Wareham and two miles east of Wool. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 410. East Stoke is situated 3½ miles east of Winfrith.
Woodsford
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. Woodsford is situated 4 miles northwest of Winfrith.
Winfrith
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Winfrith Newburgh, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.68154° or 50° 40′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.26562° or 2° 15′ 56″ westOperator
Research Sites Restoration LimitedOpen location code
9C2VMPJM+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 243637480OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldWikidata 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 nucleaire de Winfrith”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Winfrith”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Winfrith”
- German: “SGHWR”
- Italian: “centrale nucleare di Winfrith”
- Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Winfrith”
- Japanese: “ウィンフリス”
- Japanese: “ドーチェスター”
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