King’s Wood (National Trust)

King’s Wood (National Trust) is a forest in Swanage, Purbeck District, England. King’s Wood (National Trust) is situated nearby to the locality Kingswood Down, as well as near Nine Barrow Down.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballard Down and Herston Halt railway station.

Ballard Down

Peak

Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballard Down is an area of chalk downland on the Purbeck Hills in the English county of Dorset. The hills meet the English Channel here, and Ballard Down forms a headland, Ballard Point, between Studland Bay to the north and Swanage Bay to the south.

Herston Halt railway station

Railway station

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Herston Halt railway station is a railway station located at Herston near Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is an intermediate station on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that currently operates from Swanage to Norden.

Harman’s Cross railway station

Railway station

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Harman's Cross railway station is a railway station located in the village of Harman's Cross, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is an intermediate station on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that currently operates from Swanage to Norden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corfe Castle and Harman’s Cross.

Corfe Castle

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Corfe Castle is a village in Dorset and the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The medieval castle, built by William the Conqueror, dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage.

Harman’s Cross

Village

Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harman's Cross is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A351 road between Swanage and Corfe Castle. The village is within the civil parish of Worth Matravers, which is itself within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons.

Acton

Hamlet

Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Acton is a hamlet in the parish of Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. Acton was built as living quarters for the quarrymen working at the local quarries.

King’s Wood (National Trust)

Type: Forest
Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.6347° or 50° 38′ 5″ north

Longitude

-1.9979° or 1° 59′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C2WJ2M2+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 256837144

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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