Downshay Caravan and Camping

Downshay Caravan and Camping is a motorhome stopover in Worth Matravers, Purbeck District, England which is located on Haycrafts Lane. Downshay Caravan and Camping is situated nearby to the forest Downshay Wood, as well as near Rookery.

Email: downshayfarm@tiscali.co.uk
Type: Motorhome stopover
Address: Haycrafts Lane, Swanage, BH19 3EB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harman’s Cross railway station and ROC observation post, Worth Matravers.

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. Harman’s Cross railway station is situated 1,900 feet north of Downshay Caravan and Camping.

ROC observation post, Worth Matravers

Bunker

Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

ROC observation post, Worth Matravers is a bunker, which is situated 3,800 feet south of Downshay Caravan and Camping.

Square and Compass

Pub

Photo: Slim, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Square and Compass is a Grade II listed public house in Worth Matravers, Dorset. Built in the 18th century as a pair of cottages before becoming a public house, the Square and Compass got its name in 1830 from a landlord who had been a stonemason. Square and Compass is situated 1¼ miles south of Downshay Caravan and Camping.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harman’s Cross and Acton.

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

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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.