Wessex Oval
Wessex Oval is an electrical substation in Wareham, Purbeck District, England. Wessex Oval is situated nearby to Wareham railway station, as well as near Wareham Common.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wareham railway station and St Martin’s Church, Wareham.
Wareham railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wareham railway station serves the historic market town of Wareham, in Dorset, England. It is situated about 0.6 miles north of the town centre and 120 miles 70 chains down the line from London Waterloo on the South West Main Line. Wareham railway station is situated 1,200 feet east of Wessex Oval.
St Martin’s Church, Wareham
Church
Photo: Wulfrunian1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Martin's Church, Wareham, sometimes St Martin's-on-the-walls, is an Anglo-Saxon church in the town of Wareham in Dorset, England. It is the most complete example of an Anglo-Saxon church in Dorset. It is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument. St Martin’s Church, Wareham is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Wessex Oval.
Wareham Town Museum
Museum
Wareham Town Museum tells the story of the Wareham area of Dorset in southern England from prehistoric times to the present day, with a special exhibition on Lawrence of Arabia, who lived nearby. Wareham Town Museum is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Wessex Oval.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Worgret and Sandford.
Worgret
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Worgret is a hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It is situated immediately to the west of the town of Wareham. Worgret forms part of the civil parish of Arne, within the Dorset unitary authority.
Sandford
Village
Photo: David Squire, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandford is a village in the English county of Dorset, on the A351 road some two miles from Wareham and seven miles from Poole. Sandford forms the only significant settlement within the civil parish of Wareham St.
Stoborough
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoborough is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated one mile to the south of the town of Wareham, and separated from it by the River Frome.
Wessex Oval
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Wareham, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69228° or 50° 41′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.12064° or 2° 7′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C2VMVRH+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 258846575
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