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Morden Bog and Hyde Heath

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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Morden Bog and Hyde Heath is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset of 6.6 km². The county has 124 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is among the largest in the county.

The nearest railway station, Wareham, is under a kilometre away. For more of the same, Wareham Meadows and Wareham Common are close by.

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Photo of the Purbeck Heritage Coast, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

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Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

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Photo of Wareham, a village in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

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Photo of the River Frome, a 31-mile river running from Evershot to Poole, south west England.

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