Wareham Common
Wareham Common is a recreation area in Wareham, Purbeck District, England. Wareham Common is situated nearby to Wareham Hospital, as well as near Purbeck Gateway Church.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 1,900 feet north of Wareham Common.
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 1,600 feet east of Wareham Common.
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 2,100 feet east of Wareham Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Worgret and Stoborough.
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.
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.
Ridge
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ridge is a village in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the south bank of the River Frome, about half a mile due south east of the town of Wareham.
Wareham Common
- Type: Common land
- Categories: recreation area and meadow
- Location: Wareham, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6881° or 50° 41′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.11818° or 2° 7′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C2VMVQJ+6POpenStreetMap ID
way 338419434OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadowOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=common
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