Holton Heath

#2959 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Holton Heath is an area of the parish of Wareham St. Martin, Dorset, England. The area includes a trading estate, on the site of the former Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath,. East of the trading estate is the Holton Heath National Nature Reserve, currently closed to the public. ()

Elevation: 33 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°43'24"N, 2°4'9"W

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Holton Heath – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Upton Country Park, Wareham Town Museum, Poole Bridge, Ham Common.

2.6 miE
Park, Historical place
Upton Country Park, Poole
68 min walk • Upton House is a country house in the grounds of Upton Country Park on the northwestern shoreline of Holes Bay in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. It is owned by BCP Council.
3.1 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Wareham Town Museum, Wareham
80 min walk • Wareham Town Museum tells the story of the Wareham area of Dorset in southern England from prehistoric times to the present day, with a special exhibition on Lawrence of Arabia, who lived nearby.
3.4 miE
Bridge
Poole Bridge, Poole
88 min walk • Poole Bridge is a bascule bridge in Poole, Dorset, England. Constructed in 1927, the bridge provides a road link across a busy boating channel.
1.8 miE
Park
Ham Common, Poole
48 min walk • Ham Common is a Local Nature Reserve at Hamworthy, near Poole, Dorset. Located on the north west shores of Poole Harbour, it is predominantly a heathland site but includes many other habitats including waste ground, mixed woodland, and a freshwater lake.
3.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Wareham Castle and town defences, Wareham
84 min walk • Wareham Castle and the town defences, known locally as the Walls, were fortifications in the town of Wareham in Dorset, England.
3 miSW
Church
St Martin's Church, Wareham
77 min walk • St Martin's Church, Wareham, sometimes St Martin's-on-the-walls, is an Anglo-Saxon church in the town of Wareham, Dorset in England. It is the most complete example of an Anglo-Saxon church in Dorset. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
3.1 miN
Church
St. Mary the Virgin Church
78 min walk • St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Lytchett Matravers in Dorset. Its parish is part of the Diocese of Salisbury. The building is Grade I listed.
3.2 miSW
Church
Lady St Mary Church, Wareham
81 min walk • The parish church of Lady St. Mary, Wareham is a church of Anglo-Saxon origin in the town of Wareham, Dorset, in England. The church is notable as the possible burial place of King Beorhtric, and for the discovery of five stones with Brittonic inscriptions dating to the 7th to 9th centuries.
3.4 miSE
Harbor
Poole Harbour, Poole
88 min walk • Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the Frome.
2.7 miE
Park
Holes Bay Nature Park, Poole
69 min walk • Holes Bay Nature Park is a protected area, 286 hectares in size, on and around Holes Bay, an embayment of Poole Harbour within the Borough of Poole that is important for wildlife, especially wetland birds. It was designated a nature park in March 2015.
3.4 miE
Museum
Poole Lifeboat Station, Poole
88 min walk • Poole Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations at Poole, Dorset in England. The first lifeboat was stationed at Poole Harbour in 1865 and the present station was opened in 1988. Since November 2016 it has operated two inshore lifeboats, an Atlantic 85 and a D class.