Round Down

Round Down is a forest in , , . Round Down is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swanage Railway Station and Herston Halt railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located in , on the in the county of . Originally the terminus of a London and South Western Railway branch line from , the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972.

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

Peak
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of chalk downland on the in the English county of . The hills meet the here, and forms a headland, Ballard Point, between Studland Bay to the north and Swanage Bay to the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Corfe Castle and Harman’s Cross.

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in 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.

Village
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Harman's Cross is a small on the in , . It is situated on the A351 road between and . The village is within the civil parish of , which is itself within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons.

Hamlet
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet in the parish of , on the , in the county of in the south of . was built as living quarters for the quarrymen working at the local quarries.

Round Down

Latitude
50.6291° or 50° 37′ 45″ north
Longitude
-1.9747° or 1° 58′ 29″ west
Open location code
9C2WJ2HG+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 256837147
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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