Tyneham

Tyneham is a ghost village abandoned in 1943 and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the district, in the south of , England, near on the .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: former civil parish and ghost village in south Dorset, England
  • Also known as: “Tyneham, Dorset”
  • Postal code: BH20 5QF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Former National School and Gad Cliff.

Museum
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is a museum.

Cliff
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a south-facing cliff face, immediately to the east of and Pondfield Cove, on the south coast of the in , . Behind it is Gold Down, part of the Lulworth Ranges.

Peak
Photo: Bermicourt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, at 198 metres high, is one of the highest points on the chain of the in south on the southern coast of . Its prominence of 107 metres means it is listed as one of the Tumps, although map sources suggest this honour should go to further east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Lulworth and Steeple.

Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish nine miles east of , near , in the county of , England. The village, which consists of 17th-century thatched cottages, is dominated by the barracks of the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School who use a portion of the as a gunnery range. is situated 2 miles northwest of Tyneham.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of with Tyneham, in the county of . It is situated 8 miles west of the coastal resort town of at the foot of . is situated 2 miles east of Tyneham.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the parish of in the county of , . lies at the northern foot of the about 3 kilometres west of . is situated 3 miles northeast of Tyneham.

Tyneham

Latitude
50.62199° or 50° 37′ 19″ north
Longitude
-2.16907° or 2° 10′ 9″ west
Open location code
9C2VJRCJ+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95954137
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q983926
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Tyneham” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Тйнехам”
  • Catalan: “Tyneham”
  • Cebuano: “Tyneham”
  • Dutch: “Tyneham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تاينهام”
  • French: “Tyneham”
  • German: “Tyneham”
  • Italian: “Tyneham”
  • Japanese: “タイナム（ドーセット）”
  • Japanese: “タイナム”
  • Persian: “تاینام”
  • Polish: “Tyneham”
  • Swedish: “Tyneham”
  • Welsh: “Tyneham”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gwyle Cottages and Tyneham Post Office.

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