Ridge (Dorset)
| Ridge | |||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | Wareham (Dorset) | ||
| ZIP code section | BH20 | ||
| prefix | 1929 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Ceremonial county | Dorset | ||
| Unitary authority | Dorset | ||
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Ridge is a small village within the Civil parish Arne , on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the county of Dorset in the south of England .
Ridge is about 1 kilometer southeast of Wareham and about 4 kilometers west of Arne. It is on the south bank of the River Frome.
A jetty on the Frome Riverbank at Ridge was once an important trading point for Purbeck Ball Clay . The clay was brought to the shipyard by the Furzebrook narrow-gauge railway and loaded onto barges for the journey to Poole Harbor . The railway has now been given up and the shipyard has been transformed into a marina.
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