Wareham

Worth seeing in and around Wareham

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Wareham Castle

   Wareham Castle and the town defences, known locally as the Walls, were fortifications in the town of Wareham in Dorset, England.

   300 m · castle in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Purbeck Mining Museum

   The Purbeck Mining Museum was formed to preserve, record 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 on selected days from the end of March to early November on weekends, some weekdays and Bank Holidays from 11:00 to 16:00 - it is normally open every day during the school holidays.

   5.6 km · museum near Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Blue Pool

   Blue Pool is a flooded, disused clay pit where Purbeck ball clay was once extracted. It is now a lake within the Furzebrook Estate, a 25-acre park of heath woodland and gorse near Furzebrook on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset, southern England.

   4.2 km · lake in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   St Martin's Church, Wareham

   St Martin's Church, Wareham, sometimes St Martin's-on-the-walls, is an Anglo-Saxon church in the town of Wareham in Dorset, England. It is the most complete example of an Anglo-Saxon church in Dorset.

   300 m · church in Wareham, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham

   The parish church of Lady St. Mary, Wareham is a church of Anglo-Saxon origin in the town of Wareham, Dorset, in England.

   200 m · church in Wareham, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hartland Moor

   Hartland Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the south side of Poole Harbour near the town of Wareham in Dorset, England. It consists of lowland heathland.

   3.5 km · park in Dorset, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Wareham Town Hall, Dorset

   Wareham Town Hall is a municipal building in East Street, Wareham, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Wareham Town Council, also hosts the Wareham Town Museum.

   100 m · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Creech Barrow Hill

   Creech Barrow Hill is a steep, conical hill, 188.2 metres near the coast of Dorset, England, and the highest point of the Dorset Heaths. It has been described as "one of Dorset's most distinctive landmarks." Geologically, it is also the highest Cenozoic hill in England.

   4.9 km · hill in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Stonehill Down Nature Reserve

   The Stonehill Down Nature Reserve is a downland nature reserve on the Purbeck Hills in the county of Dorset, England. It is managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust.

   5.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Barnston Manor

    Barnston Manor is a 13th-century manor house and farm near Church Knowle in Dorset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building, and some farm buildings at the property are also Grade II listed.

    5.9 km · Grade I listed building in Church Knowle, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wareham

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 88 km · Cardiff (CWL), 117 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 144 km

Stations

Wareham railway station, 900 m · Holton Heath railway station, 3.6 km · Norden (England) railway station, 5.7 km · Gigger's Island, 2.7 km

• Bristol → Wareham

  92 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £10–14
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• London → Wareham

  166 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £17–23
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• Cardiff → Wareham

  115 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £16–22
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