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Bovington Camp Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bovington Camp

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Bovington Camp history

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The camps at Bovington and Lulworth were originally established in 1899 as an infantry training area and ranges. In 1916 they became training camps for the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps which relocated from Norfolk. The Heavy Branch was responsible for the operation of the tank in the British Army.

You can visit Bovington Camp places with Walkfo Bovington Camp to hear history at Bovington Camp’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bovington Camp has 17 places to visit in our interactive Bovington Camp map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Bovington Camp, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Bovington Camp places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bovington Camp & the surrounding areas.

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17 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Bovington Camp places to visit

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Bovington Camp has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bovington Camp’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bovington Camp’s information audio spots:

St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton St Nicholas’ is a Church of England parish church at Moreton, Dorset . It is known for its thirteen windows, engraved by the poet and artist Sir Laurence Whistler . T. E. Lawrence was buried in a separate churchyard .

Clouds Hill Clouds Hill is an isolated cottage near Wareham in the county of Dorset in South West England. It is the former home of T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) and is owned by the National Trust.

Norcon pillbox The Norcon pillbox was made from a concrete pipe 6 feet (1.8 m) diameter and 4 feet high. The walls were 4 inches (10 cm) of non-reinforced concrete with several cut loopholes. The exit may be via an open roof, through a hatch in the roof or through a low entrance cut into the pipe to a slit trench.

Dorset Green Technology Park The site was the former UKAEA Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment which was in service from the 1950s to early 1990s. The Steam Generating Heavy Water Reactor was also developed at the site.

Winfrith Winfrith Atomic Energy Establishment was a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority site. It was set up in order to test a variety of new nuclear reactor designs. The main design built at the site was the demonstration steam-generating heavy water reactor (SGHWR)

Tadnoll and Winfrith Heath Tadnoll and Winfrith Heath is a nature reserve of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. There is heathland and wetland in the reserve. The wetland is designated a Ramsar site and the reserve has been listed as a Special Area of Conservation.

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