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Dorchester West Rail Station

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highest 96m
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What's on the doorstep

Photo of River Frome (Dorset)River Frome (Dorset)River · 0.5 mi (about 0.6 to 0.7 mi on foot)Photo of Dorset National LandscapeDorset National LandscapeNational Landscape · 0.8 mi (about 1 mi on foot)Photo of PurbeckPurbeckHeritage Coast · 3.2 mi (about 4 to 5 mi on foot)

Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off.

About Dorchester West Rail Station

Dorchester West is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England, the other being Dorchester South. It is managed by Great Western Railway, which also operates all services that stop here. The station is located on the Heart of Wessex Line between Castle Cary and Weymouth, at the southern end of a single track section from Maiden Newton. It is sited 161.63 mi (260.12 km) from London Paddington, via Swindon and Westbury. The line becomes double at the station and remains so to just before nearby Dorchester Junction, where the line joins the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to Weymouth.

Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Hills, trails and walks from the platform

Walking distances are estimates from the straight-line distance and the type of ground, not a measured route. Check a map before you set off.

Maiden Castle138m1.8 mi (about 2.5 mi on foot)
Bincombe Down169m2.9 mi (about 4 mi on foot)
Chalbury118m4.0 mi (about 5 to 6 mi on foot)
Friar Waddon Hill132m4.2 mi (about 5.5 to 6 mi on foot)
The Look Out66m4.6 mi (about 6 to 6.5 mi on foot)