Warren Hill, Hooke, Dorset
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Warren Hill is a prominent elevation, high, 1 kilometre southwest of the hamlet of
Hooke Hooke may refer to: * Hooke, Dorset, England ** River Hooke, nearby watercourse * Robert Hooke (1635–1703), English natural philosopher who discovered Hooke's law * Hooke (surname), a surname * Hooke (lunar crater) * Hooke (Martian crater) * ...
, in the county of
Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...
in southern
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. Its prominence of means it is listed as one of the Tumps. It is located within the
Dorset Downs The Dorset Downs are an area of chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west England. The downs are the most western part of a larger chalk formation which also includes (from west to east) Cranborne Chase, Salisbury Plain, Ham ...
. The summit is open, as is the hill's eastern flank, but much of the western side of the hill is covered by the woods of
Hooke Park Hooke Park is a 142 hectare woodland in Dorset, South West England located near the town of Beaminster and within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The site is designated as ancient woodland and historically comprised a deer hunting ...
.
Hooke Court Hooke Court is a 17th-century manor house in the parish of Hooke, Dorset, Hooke in Dorset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building built around the time of the English Civil War. Standing in about of mature park and woodland, Hooke Court is ...
lies just to the northeast. The
Jubilee Trail {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 ''Jubilee Trail'' is a novel written by Gwen Bristow, copyrighted in 1950. It follows the adventures of two strong women in the mid-19th century as they travel across the United States to the then-Mexican territo ...
passes Warren Hill just to the south and the
Wessex Ridgeway The Wessex Ridgeway is a long-distance footpath in southwest England. It runs from Marlborough in Wiltshire to Lyme Regis in Dorset, via the northern edge of Salisbury Plain and across Cranborne Chase AONB. The footpath was opened in 1994. At ...
just to the north.


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