Tyneham Village House Picture

Tyneham Village is a Dorset ghost village. Once home to villagers who worked throughout the Tyneham valley, it was requisitioned by the army in 1943 to help with the war effort, when it was decided that the army needed to extend the Lulworth ranges for tank training in preparation for the D-Day landings. Tyneham village has been in army hands ever since and Tyneham villagers have never returned to their beautiful village. Today Tyneham village, along with the rest of the Lulworth ranges is open on certain weekends, Bank holidays and school holidays. Most Tyneham village houses are now destroyed and stand in ruins as nature has returned to the valley that was once owned by one family for centuries. Tyneham church however has now been restored and stands along with Tyneham village school as the only two fully restored buildings in Tyneham Village. Tyneham church was the focal point of the valley and even during the occupation by the MOD, the church remained part of the church property. Tyneham church today is a museum detailing village life. Tyneham village school has been left as if the children have gone out to play, their workbooks left in their places and their empty coathangers with their nameplaces still written on. The picture here shows the inside of one of the houses of Post office row in Tyneham villages only street. As is common with most of the houses in Tyneham village, the roof has gone and all that remains are the walls, windows and fireplaces. This Tyneham village photo shows both the large downstairs fireplace and stove and the the upstairs fireplace with some of the fires ironwork still in place! It doesn't take much to imagine yourself in the heart of the beautiful and peaceful Tyneham village on a cold winters night back in 1943 with a roaring fire going. This Tyneham village photo is typical of the interior of most of the Tyneham houses that the villagers called home and what you can find if you pay a visit to Tyneham Valley.