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Recommended Towns & Villages near Chedington

Netherbury

Netherbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction S)

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A panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction SW)

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Hardy's Dorset

Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction E)

A long, winding lane, flanked by grassy banks covered in fern and wild flowers, leads to the picture postcard village of Melbury Osmond..

Peace!

Bridport (32 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction S)

Bridport can be classed as having everything to please the holiday maker, it has a strong nautical atmosphere born of its long association with the sea, and its history as a flourishing rope making town during the great age of sailing ships...

A picture of Martock

Martock (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction N)

The interior of Martock's Ham-stone church is perhaps the grandest in all Somerset, the startling effect of the golden stone against the most lavishly decorated of the county's great tie-beam roofs is simply overwhelming...

West Bay in Dorset

West Bay (147 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction S)

West Bay nestles at the western end of spectacular Chesil Beach whose billions of pebbles have been a constant source of fascination for centuries...

A View of Seatown

Seatown (33 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction SW)

Seatown is a small Hamlet along Dorset's famous Jurassic Coast and is popular with fossil hunters. It has a clean and quiet shingle beach (no dogs allowed) and is a good location.....

Burton Bradstock, Dorset

Burton Bradstock (56 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction S)

This in one of the most enchanting villages to be found along the sweeping Dorset coast. It has gorgeous little lanes where there are eye catching thatched cottages with walls.....

The Sydling Valley, Dorset

Sydling St Nicholas (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction SE)

This is a particularly scenic village lying deep in a chalk-stream valley between open downs. Every approach to it is beautiful, whether crossing the hills from Cerne Abbas or Maiden Newton, or coming up the waters of the River Cerne between meadows flooded with spring lambs and ponies...

Frost

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction W)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

Charmouth, Dorset

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction SW)

This pretty resort grew up in a gap of cliffs overlooking picturesque Lyme Bay. In the days prior to the motor car it was a fashionable coaching stop. One illustrious visitor of.....

Minterne Magna

Minterne Magna (22 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction E)

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Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas (68 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction E)

Famous for its huge chalk 'rude' giant, Cerne Abbas is a lovely ancient village in Dorset...

Sherborne, Dorset.

Sherborne (111 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction NE)

The softly glowing Ham stone of which most of the town properties are built, lends warmth and atmosphere to what is already a unique and attractive place...

Lyme Regis in Dorset

Lyme Regis (276 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SW)

Almost the first thing you notice about this pleasant seaside resort, is the spaciousness of the town. The second, and nothing can prepare you for this, is the sheer scale of Lyme Bay with its splendid views towards the rugged sandstone cliffs west of Eype Mouth...

Crossing by the Brush Works

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (12.3 miles, 19.9 km, direction W)

Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon...

Abbotsbury

Abbotsbury (104 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction SE)

Abbotsbury is a small picturesque and historic village in the county of Dorset...

Poyntington, Dorset

Poyntington (2 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (13.7 miles, 22.0 km, direction NE)

This is a delightful small village situated in the picturesque Blackmore Vale where the Dorset and Somerset boundary meets...

Langport

Langport (7 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction N)

This old town cradled at the heart of the Somerset Levels, sits bounded by the soft rolling Somerset countryside...

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction W)

Charming village in the Devonshire countryside with a wonderful old thatched pub serving excellent food and a fantastic church. Well worth a look..

Recommended attractions near Chedington

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction N)

This is one of the most glittering of all the great Elizabethan mansions in England. It is built of glowing honey-coloured Ham.....

Amur leopard

The Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas (2 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 12.0 km, direction W)

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Forde Abbey, nr Chard, Somerset. A former Cistercian foundation. Photo taken September 1991.

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction W)

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Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction NW)

Barrington Court is an attractive 16th-century house built in the engaging "E" shaped style of the period in mellow Ham Hill.....

Cerne Giant in Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas Giant (2 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction E)

This magnificent figure cut into the turf of a chalk hillside is best viewed from the north of the village. He is known as "The.....

Sherborne Abbey at night

Sherborne Abbey (7 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction NE)

Without doubt this magnificent Abbey built centuries ago of creamy Ham stone ranks amongst the finest Abbey churches anywhere in.....

Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle (80 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction NE)

Many fascinating tales remain from the time when Sherborne Castle was lived in by Sir Walter Raleigh, a favourite of Elizabeth I......

Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis Museum (2 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction SW)

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A view of the Marine Aquarium on the old Cobb with Lyme regis, Dorset, in the background.

Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (1 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction SW)

Where better to see and learn about the creatures of the deep than in an aquarium suite set tantalizingly beside the sea. Well,.....

The Nine Stones, Stone Circle in Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset

The Nine Stones (1 Pictures)

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SE)

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Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum (3 Pictures)

(12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction N)

The Fleet Air Arm Museum houses Europe's largest Naval aviation collection. Go on-board Concorde and be transported by a.....

Lytes Cary Manor, June 2009

Lytes Cary Manor (42 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction N)

Intimate manor house with Arts & Crafts-style garden. Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel, this was home to medieval.....

A picture of Abbotsbury Swannery

Abbotsbury Swannery (50 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction S)

Set in one of the most beautiful unspoilt regions of England, Abbotsbury Swannery is home to sometimes up to 1000 beautiful.....

Loughwood Meeting House, Dalwood, Near Axminster, Devon. Owned by the National Trust

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction W)

17th-century thatched Baptist meeting house, constructed approx 1653...

Maiden Castle, Dorset

Maiden Castle (10 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction SE)

The finest Iron Age hillfort in Europe, Maiden Castle is the size of 50 football pitches and was first built in 600BC over the.....

The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester. Dorset

The Keep Military Museum (15 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction SE)

This exciting keep is the home of the Military Museum of Devon and Dorset. Here visitors with a keen interest in all things.....

The Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset

Roman Town House (1 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 25.0 km, direction SE)

The Roman Town House was a discovery of the 1930's. From excavations beneath the ground came a rich feast of Roman history that.....

Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach (25 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.8 km, direction SE)

One of the most remarkable features of England's fantastic coastal scenery is the magnificent stretch known as Chesil Beach,.....

Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage (4 Pictures)

(16.9 miles, 27.3 km, direction SE)

Home of poet and novelist Thomas Hardy until the age of 34. Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were.....

Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House (10 Pictures)

(18.8 miles, 30.2 km, direction E)

Athelhampton House is a fine example of a 15th Century house nestling in deepest Dorset...


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