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Recommended Towns & Villages near Gillingham

Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset

Shaftesbury (95 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction SE)

Shaftsbury is Dorset's only hill-top town, with its long history and good views it is particularly attractive to tourists...

Stourton in Wiltshire

Stourton (90 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction N)

Stourton is noted for the church dedicated to St. Peter where you can see many memorials to the famous Hoare banking family and for the house which was the families ancestral home...

East Knoyle Mill, East Knoyle, Wiltshire.

East Knoyle (9 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction NE)

East Knoyle is situated where the Wiltshire countryside blends into Dorset. The landscape is quite stunning, it has a dramatically changing face of sweeping pastures and hillsides...

Sturminster Newton in Dorset

Sturminster Newton (40 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction S)

A small attractive Market Town in Dorset...

John the Baptist church, Tisbury, Wiltshire

Tisbury (98 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction E)

Tisbury is a picturesque village set amidst delightful Wiltshire countryside where you will find friendly villagers and a calm, peaceful atmosphere...

A Dorset Garden, Shillingstone.

Shillingstone (463 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction S)

A picturesque village in the county of Dorset..

Poyntington, Dorset

Poyntington (2 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction W)

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

Sherborne Castle across lake

Sherborne (111 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction SW)

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...

The Parish Church of Warminster, Wiltshire

Warminster (117 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (12.3 miles, 19.9 km, direction N)

This is a former wool and corn town with a fascinating history stretching back to Saxon times. It sits comfortably beneath the chalk downland of the Salisbury Plain at the head of the beautiful Wyle Valley...

Fovant Badges, Wiltshire

Fovant (5 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction E)

Fovant is most noted for its dramatic hillside where huge regimental badges are carved into the chalk downs and clearly seen from the road...

Bryanston, Dorset. Bryanston School buildings and surrounding area - taken from a model helicopter.

Bryanston (2 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (13.3 miles, 21.3 km, direction S)

The town was initially the town of Brian de Lisle, a Baron at the court of King John...

Milton Abbas, Dorset

Milton Abbas (50 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (15.2 miles, 24.4 km, direction S)

Milton Abbas is a superb thatched village which has the distinction of being the first planned village of its kind in England...

Minterne House and Gardens

Minterne Magna (22 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction SW)

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The New Inn, Cerne Abbas

Cerne Abbas (68 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (18.2 miles, 29.2 km, direction SW)

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

This view shows the side of St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Wilton, Wiltshire, England

Wilton (14 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (18.2 miles, 29.3 km, direction E)

Wilton was once a county town, it has also been a bishopric, a Royal residence and is one of the oldest boroughs in England...

Hardy's Dorset

Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (18.4 miles, 29.7 km, direction SW)

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

Bridge over River Stour at White Mill, near Sturminster Marshall, Dorset

Sturminster Marshall (1 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (18.5 miles, 29.8 km, direction SE)

Sturminster Marshall is famous for its beautiful White Corn Mill and for the magnificent eight arched bridge spanning the River Stour...

Silver Street, Trowbridge

Trowbridge (148 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Wiltshire (19.8 miles, 31.8 km, direction N)

Trowbridge is a historic town crammed with attractive stone buildings. It originated as a settlement along the Biss and flourished from the wool and weaving trades and from these periods there remain many magnificent merchant houses...

City of Wells

Wells (139 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (19.9 miles, 32.0 km, direction NW)

Wells, situated at the foot of the picturesque mendip hills, is most certainly one of England's most delightful cathedral cities...

The Sydling Valley, Dorset

Sydling St Nicholas (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (20.1 miles, 32.3 km, direction SW)

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...

Recommended attractions near Gillingham

Stourhead frozen lake sunset

Stourhead (94 Pictures)

(5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction N)

Designed by Henry Hoare II, Stourhead is one of England's most picturesque landscape gardens with classic temples and palladian.....

On the platform.

Longleat House & Safari Park (170 Pictures)

(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction N)

On entering the great grounds of Longleat House through the entrance known as "Heaven's Gate" visitors are immediately struck by.....

Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle (80 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.9 km, direction SW)

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

Sherborne Abbey at night

Sherborne Abbey (7 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.4 km, direction SW)

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

Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle (8 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction N)

A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....

Fovant Badges, Wiltshire.  - Taken from the air in July 2006

Fovant Badges (6 Pictures)

(13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction E)

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Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum (3 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction W)

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

Westbury White Horse

Bratton Camp & White Horse (4 Pictures)

(16.6 miles, 26.8 km, direction N)

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Lytes Cary Manor, June 2009

Lytes Cary Manor (42 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction W)

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

Cerne Giant in Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas Giant (2 Pictures)

(17.5 miles, 28.2 km, direction SW)

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.....

View from Badbury Rings, Near Wimborne, Dorset

Badbury Rings (19 Pictures)

(17.6 miles, 28.2 km, direction SE)

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Wilton House, Salisbury

Wilton House (19 Pictures)

(18.3 miles, 29.5 km, direction E)

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Bridge over River Stour at White Mill, near Sturminster Marshall, Dorset

White Mill (5 Pictures)

(18.6 miles, 30.0 km, direction SE)

The White Mill is an attraction in the delightful village of Sturminster Marshall. The cornmill occupies a site recorded in.....

Kingston Lacey in Wimborne Minster, Dorset

Kingston Lacy (44 Pictures)

(19.0 miles, 30.5 km, direction SE)

Set in 250 acres of spectacular parkland landscaped in the latter half of the 18th century and now roamed by a herd of Red Devon.....

Wells Cathedral in Wells, Somerset

Wells Cathedral (99 Pictures)

(19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction NW)

Wells Cathedral is the most perfect example of an ecclesiastical city from the days when the order of life was God, King and.....

Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Farleigh Hungerford Castle (24 Pictures)

(19.7 miles, 31.8 km, direction N)

In 1383, the then Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Thomas Hungerford had to be pardoned for building Farleigh Hungerford.....

Glastonbury Tor, Glastonbury, Somerset

Glastonbury Tor (37 Pictures)

(19.8 miles, 31.8 km, direction W)

Swirling mists rise over the Somerset Levels, where approaching the town of Glastonbury, suddenly above the mist you catch a.....

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(19.8 miles, 31.9 km, direction W)

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

Reflection of the Gatehouse in the moat. The Bishops Palace, Wells.

Bishop's Palace, Wells (3 Pictures)

(19.9 miles, 32.0 km, direction NW)

The Bishop's Palace in the enchanting tiny cathedral city of Wells where there is a predominance of beautiful buildings, is.....

Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House (10 Pictures)

(19.9 miles, 32.0 km, direction S)

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


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