Home Wood
Home Wood is a deciduous forest in Winterborne Came, West Dorset District, England. Home Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Winterborne Came, as well as near Winterborne Herringston.Places of Interest
Highlights include Maiden Castle and Dorchester South railway station.
Maiden Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi southwest of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age.
Dorchester South railway station
Railway station
Maumbury Rings
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic henge in the south of Dorchester town in Dorset, England. It is a large circular earthwork, 85 metres in diameter, with a single bank and an entrance to the north east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorchester and Poundbury.
Dorchester
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dorchester is the county town of Dorset. A market town with an undoubtedly long history, Dorchester has connections to Thomas Hardy, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Roman Britain, and today features a wide range of visitor attractions, independent retailers and eateries.
Poundbury
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall.
Preston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston is a coastal village and suburb of Weymouth in south Dorset, England. It is approximately 3 kilometres north-east of Weymouth town centre and 2 kilometres west of the village of Osmington.
Home Wood
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Winterborne Came, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.692° or 50° 41′ 31″ northLongitude
-2.4221° or 2° 25′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C2VMHRH+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 46809864OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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