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Houses on East Burton Road
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 23 Mar 2022
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Wool features [3]
Seen from the platform of Wool railway station are the lines towards Dorchester. The level crossing carries the A352 road over the lines. Wool railway station is on the South Western main line. The station was opened in 1847 by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway.
Wool is a large village in Dorset, midway between Dorchester and Poole, both about 10 miles distant. Set on the south bank of the River Frome, the village includes Bovington Camp army base to the north. The place-name 'Wool' is first recorded in Anglo-Saxon Writs in the first years of the 11th century. The ruins of Bindon Abbey are nearby, demolished in 1539, the stone was used to build castles in Portland, Lulworth and Sandsfoot.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 31 May 2022
0.03 miles
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Benchmark bracket on #1 Station House (former police station)
Ordnance Survey flush bracket benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm2541
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 8 Jul 2011
0.06 miles
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Looking west along railway at Wool level crossing
Image: © John Firth
Taken: 12 May 2010
0.07 miles
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Whitemead Caravan Park, Wool, Dorset
An attractive looking site, to the north-west of the village.
Image: © Peter Trimming
Taken: 30 Mar 2013
0.07 miles
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Train at Wool
The cars queue up behind the railway crossing when a train is imminent over the A352 Dorchester Road. The railway line runs from Waterloo to Weymouth.
Image: © Sarah Smith
Taken: 20 Sep 2009
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Train Approaching Wool Station, 1984
Class 33/1 diesel electric locomotive No 33117 [fitted for push-pull operation] approaches Wool Station with a train from Weymouth
Image: © Rob Newman
Taken: 20 Aug 1984
0.07 miles
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East Burton Road, Wool, Dorset
Viewed across the A352.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 21 Sep 2022
0.08 miles
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Wool Buildings [1]
The Roman Catholic church of St Joseph, The Square, was built between 1969 and 1971. Constructed with a space-frame roof of aluminium and of exposed brickwork, a mineral render and vertical glazing. Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1416504
Wool is a large village in Dorset, midway between Dorchester and Poole, both about 10 miles distant. Set on the south bank of the River Frome, the village includes Bovington Camp army base to the north. The place-name 'Wool' is first recorded in Anglo-Saxon Writs in the first years of the 11th century. The ruins of Bindon Abbey are nearby, demolished in 1539, the stone was used to build castles in Portland, Lulworth and Sandsfoot.
Image: © Michael Dibb
Taken: 31 May 2022
0.09 miles
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Wool Wareham Dorset
Fuel Tanker on the A352 crossing the main Weymouth to London Railway line.
Image: © Peter Elsdon
Taken: 13 Aug 2018
0.10 miles