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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballard Down and Rempstone Stone Circle.
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.
Rempstone Stone Circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rempstone Stone Circle is a stone circle near to Corfe Castle on the Isle of Purbeck in the south-western English county of Dorset. Archaeologists believe that it was likely erected during the Bronze Age.
Herston Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corfe Castle and Acton.
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.
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.
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.
King’s Wood (National Trust)
- Type: Forest
- Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6347° or 50° 38′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.9979° or 1° 59′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C2WJ2M2+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 256837144OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kingswood Down and Nine Barrow Down.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Godlingston Heath (C) and Godlingston Heath (A).
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