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Recommended Towns & Villages near Sandford Orcas

Poyntington, Dorset

Poyntington (2 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction E)

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

Sherborne, Dorset.

Sherborne (111 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (2.7 miles, 4.3 km, direction S)

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...

Hardy's Dorset

Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (8.6 miles, 13.9 km, direction S)

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

Market cross, Martock, Somerset. Erected in 1741

Martock (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction W)

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...

Minterne Magna

Minterne Magna (22 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction S)

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Sturminster Newton in Dorset

Sturminster Newton (40 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction E)

A small attractive Market Town in Dorset...

Old brick farm building on staddle stones in Gillingham, Dorset

Gillingham (6 Pictures)

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

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Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas (68 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction S)

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

Stourton in Wiltshire

Stourton (90 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction NE)

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...

Langport in Somerset. All Saints church on the hill overlooking the town

Langport (7 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction W)

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

The Sydling Valley

Sydling St Nicholas (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction S)

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...

Stour Valley Winter, Shillingstone.

Shillingstone (463 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction SE)

A picturesque village in the county of Dorset..

Ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury

Glastonbury (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction NW)

This little town now enjoys world renown for its annual music festival which attracts thousands of visitors from all over the globe. None-the-less, this still remains very much a.....

Gold Hill, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury (95 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction E)

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

Wells Cathedral, Somerset

Wells (139 Pictures)

in the county of Somerset (16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction N)

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

Milton Abbas, Dorset.

Milton Abbas (50 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (16.3 miles, 26.3 km, direction SE)

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

Netherbury

Netherbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (16.4 miles, 26.3 km, direction SW)

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East knoyle village hall & Church, East Knoyle, Wiltshire

East Knoyle (9 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (17.0 miles, 27.3 km, direction E)

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...

Wookey, Somerset

Wookey (5 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (17.1 miles, 27.5 km, direction N)

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Wookey Hole

Wookey Hole (10 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction N)

It is a pleasant resort village made famous by the glittering limestone cavern known as "Wookey Hole" which comprises of several dramatic chambers...

Recommended attractions near Sandford Orcas

Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle (80 Pictures)

(3.0 miles, 4.9 km, direction SE)

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)

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction S)

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

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum (3 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction NW)

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)

(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction NW)

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

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(8.0 miles, 12.9 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.....

Cerne Giant in Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas Giant (2 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction S)

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.....

Stourhead frozen lake sunset

Stourhead (94 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction NE)

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

Glastonbury Tor, Glastonbury, Somerset

Glastonbury Tor (37 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction NW)

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

Chalice Well Entrance

The Chalice Well Gardens (11 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction NW)

There are many associations with Chalice Well covering countless centuries; it is a timeless and sacred place, full of legend,.....

Glastonbury Abbey, Fall 2006

Glastonbury Abbey (95 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction NW)

This is believed to be the site of the oldest Christian Church in the world, for centuries it has been the focus of Christian.....

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction W)

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

Wells Cathedral in Wells, Somerset

Wells Cathedral (99 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction N)

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

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

Bishop's Palace, Wells (3 Pictures)

(16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction N)

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

Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle (8 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.6 km, direction NE)

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

Amur leopard

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

(17.5 miles, 28.1 km, direction SW)

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On the platform.

Longleat House & Safari Park (170 Pictures)

(17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction NE)

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

Wookey Hole Caves, Wookey Hole village, Somerset.

Wookey Hole Caves and Papermill (10 Pictures)

(17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction N)

These dazzling show caves offer a glittering experience in floodlit chambers deep underground. This is the spiritual home of the.....

Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House (10 Pictures)

(18.5 miles, 29.7 km, direction SE)

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

Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage (4 Pictures)

(18.7 miles, 30.1 km, direction S)

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

The Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset

Roman Town House (1 Pictures)

(19.0 miles, 30.6 km, direction S)

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


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