Tank Training Area
Tank Training Area is a shooting range in Wool, Purbeck District, England. Tank Training Area is situated nearby to the military installation Manoeuvring area, as well as near the aerodrome Dorset Gliding Club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Tank Museum and Clouds Hill.
The Tank Museum
Museum
Photo: Hohum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tank Museum is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It is about 1 mile north of the village of Wool and 12 miles west of the major port of Poole. The Tank Museum is situated 1 mile south of Tank Training Area.
Clouds Hill
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY 2.5.
Clouds Hill is an isolated early 19th-century cottage near Wareham in the county of Dorset in South West England. It is the former home of T. E. Lawrence. The cottage is a Grade II* listed building and is owned by the National Trust. Clouds Hill is situated 1 mile northwest of Tank Training Area.
Monkey World
Zoo
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary, rescue centre and primatarium near Wool, Dorset, England. Monkey World is situated 1 mile southeast of Tank Training Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turners Puddle and Briantspuddle.
Turners Puddle
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Turners Puddle is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Turners Puddle is situated 2½ miles north of Tank Training Area.
Briantspuddle
Hamlet
Briantspuddle is a small village in the Piddle Valley in Dorset, England, near the villages of Affpuddle and Tolpuddle and about 8 miles east of the county town of Dorchester. Briantspuddle is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tank Training Area.
East Stoke
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Stoke is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies three miles west of the small town of Wareham and two miles east of Wool. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 410. East Stoke is situated 3 miles southeast of Tank Training Area.
Tank Training Area
- Type: Shooting range
- Categories: military installation and sports location
- Location: Wool, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.70612° or 50° 42′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.23484° or 2° 14′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C2VPQ48+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 55152767OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=range
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