Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The village lies in the gap below the castle and is around four miles (6.4 km) south-east of Wareham,and four miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Swanage. Both the main A351 road from Lytchett Minster to Swanage and the Swanage Railway thread their way through the gap and the village.
The Studland and Godlingston Heaths NNR is located on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It borders Studland Bay on the south side of Poole Harbour,between the settlements of Swanage and Sandbanks. Extending to 631ha,it is owned and managed by the National Trust following the Bankes bequest of the Kingston Lacy estate. Studland &Godlingston Heath is designated as one of only 35 "spotlight reserves" in England by Natural England in the list of national nature reserves in England and is listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset,England. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns,approximately 6+1⁄4 miles (10 km) south of Poole and 25 miles (40 km) east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 9,601. Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks,with Studland Bay and Poole Harbour to the north. Within the parish are Durlston Bay and Durlston Country Park to the south of the town. The parish also includes the areas of Herston,just to the west of the town,and Durlston,just to the south.
The Isle of Purbeck is a peninsula in Dorset,England. It is bordered by water on three sides:the English Channel to the south and east,where steep cliffs fall to the sea;and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north. Its western boundary is less well defined,with some medieval sources placing it at Flower's Barrow above Worbarrow Bay. John Hutchins,author of The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset,defined Purbeck's western boundary as the Luckford Lake stream,which runs south from the Frome. According to writer and broadcaster Ralph Wightman,Purbeck "is only an island if you accept the barren heaths between Arish Mell and Wareham as cutting off this corner of Dorset as effectively as the sea." The most southerly point is St Alban's Head.
Purbeck was a local government district in Dorset,England. The district was named after the Isle of Purbeck,a peninsula that forms a large proportion of the district's area. However,it extended significantly further north and west than the traditional boundary of the Isle of Purbeck which is the River Frome. The district council was based in the town of Wareham,which is itself north of the Frome.
The Swanage Railway is a railway branch line from near Wareham,Dorset to Swanage,Dorset,England,opened in 1885 and now operated as a heritage railway.
South Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Lloyd Hatton,of the Labour Party. The constituency was created as a consequence of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,although the area covered has changed since then.
Moreton railway station serves the villages of Moreton and Crossways in Dorset,England. It is operated by South Western Railway and is served by their trains between London Waterloo and Weymouth. The station is 130 miles 24 chains (209.7 km) down the line from Waterloo.
Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset,England. It is on the South West Main Line,125 miles 69 chains (202.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo. South Western Railway manages the station and operates all services.
Holton Heath railway station serves the area of Holton Heath in Wareham St Martin,Dorset,England. It is 118 miles 61 chains (191.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo. It was opened to serve the Royal Navy Cordite Factory,Holton Heath during the First World War. It did not open to the public until 1924.
Hamworthy railway station serves Hamworthy,an area of Poole in Dorset,England. It is a stop on the South West Main Line,located 115 miles 77 chains (186.6 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
Swanage railway station is a railway station located in Swanage,on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. Originally the terminus of a London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) branch line from Wareham,the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972. It has since reopened as a station on the Swanage Railway,a heritage railway that currently runs from Norden station just north of Corfe Castle to Swanage station. It now also runs to Wareham on certain services,but not on regular services due to signalling problems.
Herston Halt railway station is a railway station located at Herston near Swanage,on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is an intermediate station on the Swanage Railway,a heritage railway that currently operates from Swanage to Norden.
Harman's Cross railway station is a railway station located in the village of Harman's Cross,on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is an intermediate station on the Swanage Railway,a heritage railway that currently operates from Swanage to Norden.
Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle,in the English county of Dorset. Originally an intermediate station on the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) branch line from Wareham to Swanage,the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972. It has since reopened as a station on the Swanage Railway,a heritage railway that runs regularly from Norden station just north of Corfe Castle to Swanage station. The line also connects Wareham and Norden.
Norden railway station is a railway station located one mile to the north of the village of Corfe Castle,on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is situated on the Swanage Railway,a heritage railway that operates over the former London and South Western Railway line from Wareham to Swanage. Norden is the northern terminus of the railway's steam service from Swanage.
Harman's Cross is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset,England. It is situated on the A351 road between Swanage and Corfe Castle.
The Furzebrook Railway,also known as the Pike Brothers' Tramway,was a narrow gauge industrial railway on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It was built by the Pike Brothers,to take Purbeck Ball Clay from their clay pits near Furzebrook and West Creech to a wharf at Ridge on the River Frome.
The Middlebere Plateway,or Middlebere Tramway,was a horse-drawn plateway on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. One of the first railways in southern England and the first in Dorset,the plateway was built by Benjamin Fayle,who was a wealthy Irish Merchant based in London and a friend of Thomas Byerley - Josiah Wedgwood's nephew. It was intended to take Purbeck Ball Clay from his pits near Corfe Castle to a wharf on Middlebere Creek in Poole Harbour,a distance of some 3.5 miles (5.6 km).
The Purbeck Mining Museum exists to preserve and interpret the historic extractive industries in ball clay mining in the Isle of Purbeck. The museum is located adjacent to Norden station on the Swanage Railway and is open from the end of March to the end of September on weekends,some weekdays and Bank Holidays.
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