Steeple Leaze Wood
Steeple Leaze Wood is a forest in Steeple, Purbeck District, England. Steeple Leaze Wood is situated nearby to the village Kimmeridge, as well as near the locality Washing Ledge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tyneham and Smedmore House.
Tyneham
Museum
Tyneham is a ghost village abandoned in 1943 and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the Dorset district, in the south of Dorset, England, near Lulworth on the Isle of Purbeck.
Smedmore House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smedmore House is a country house near Kimmeridge, Dorset, in England. It was originally built by Sir William Clavell around 1620, partially rebuilt by Edward Clavell around 1700, and greatly augmented by George Clavell around 1760.
Ridgeway Hill
Peak
Photo: Bermicourt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ridgeway Hill, also referred to as Grange Hill or Steeple Hill, is the third highest point of the Purbeck Hills in the county of Dorset standing at 199 metres, is one of the only hills with a prominence of over a hundred metres, HuMPs, in the county.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Corfe Castle and Steeple.
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.
Steeple
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steeple is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the English county of Dorset. It is situated 8 miles west of the coastal resort town of Swanage at the foot of Ridgeway Hill.
Kingston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in southern England.
Steeple Leaze Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Steeple, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6238° or 50° 37′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.1311° or 2° 7′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C2VJVF9+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 396965377OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kimmeridge and Washing Ledge.
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Highlights include Pole Coppice and St Michael and All Angels church.
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