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Recommended Towns & Villages near Shroton

A circular walk from Shillingstone to Hanford.

Shillingstone (463 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (2.4 miles, 3.8 km, direction SW)

A picturesque village in the county of Dorset..

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

Bryanston (2 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction S)

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

Sturminster Newton in Dorset

Sturminster Newton (40 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction W)

A small attractive Market Town in Dorset...

Gold Hill

Shaftesbury (95 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (6.4 miles, 10.4 km, direction N)

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

Milton Abbas, Dorset.

Milton Abbas (50 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction SW)

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

Old brick farm building on staddle stones in Gillingham, Dorset

Gillingham (6 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction N)

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

Sturminster Marshall (1 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction SE)

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

East Knoyle Mill, East Knoyle, Wiltshire.

East Knoyle (9 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction N)

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...

John the Baptist church, Tisbury, Wiltshire

Tisbury (98 Pictures)

in the county of Wiltshire (11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction NE)

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

Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster (103 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction SE)

Wimborne Minster is a magnificent Georgian town in the valley of the delightful River Stour...

Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton (3 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (12.8 miles, 20.5 km, direction SW)

Athelhampton lies close to the little River Piddle which almost entirely encircles Athelhampton House which was built in the 15th-century by Sir William Martyn who was granted the lands and a license to build upon them by King Henry VII in the year 1483...

Minterne House and Gardens

Minterne Magna (22 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction W)

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Fovant Badges, Wiltshire

Fovant (5 Pictures)

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

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

Poyntington, Dorset

Poyntington (2 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction W)

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

Sherborne Abbey

Sherborne (111 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction W)

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...

Cerne Abbas, Dorset

Cerne Abbas (68 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction SW)

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 (14.3 miles, 23.0 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...

Close up of Fointain at Abbey front, Stapehill

Stapehill (14 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (14.3 miles, 23.1 km, direction SE)

Stapehill, in the beautiful Dorset countryside is best known for its romantic Abbey gardens which are an absolute joy for every visitor including gardening enthusiasts...

Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Higher Bockhampton (3 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (14.9 miles, 24.1 km, direction SW)

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Down by the lake, Stapehill Abbey Gardens

Ferndown (3 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction SE)

This town lies amidst noted countryside between Wimborne Minster and Ringwood...

Recommended attractions near Shroton

View from Badbury Rings, Near Wimborne, Dorset

Badbury Rings (19 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction SE)

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

White Mill (5 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.4 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)

(10.2 miles, 16.4 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.....

Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House (10 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction SW)

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

Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle (80 Pictures)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction W)

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)

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction W)

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

Cerne Giant in Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas Giant (2 Pictures)

(13.6 miles, 21.8 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.....

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

Fovant Badges (6 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction NE)

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Abbey Tower Stapehill

Stapehill Abbey (7 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction SE)

The Nun's of enclosed orders usually led a harsh existence under a regime of dedication and prayer, but it was also a peaceful.....

Stourhead frozen lake sunset

Stourhead (94 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction N)

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

A picture of Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre

Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre (47 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction S)

This is a place where "Monkey Business" really is acceptable, for the centre is home to over 150 primates of 15 different.....

Upton Country Park, Poole, Dorset

Upton House & Country Park (11 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction SE)

Located near the historic town of Poole on the northern shore of Poole Harbour, Upton Country Park comprises of over 100 acres of.....

Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage (4 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.2 km, direction SW)

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

Arne Autumn 2012

Arne RSPB Reserve (127 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction SE)

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The Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset

Roman Town House (1 Pictures)

(17.1 miles, 27.5 km, direction SW)

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

The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester. Dorset

The Keep Military Museum (15 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction SW)

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

The Blue Pool

The Blue Pool (25 Pictures)

(18.4 miles, 29.5 km, direction S)

Between Wareham and Corfe Castle can be found the unique visitor attraction called the Blue Pool, which was once a clay pit. Tiny.....

Wilton House, Salisbury

Wilton House (19 Pictures)

(18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction NE)

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Breamore House, at Breamore, Hampshire

Breamore House (7 Pictures)

(18.7 miles, 30.1 km, direction E)

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The Italian Villa

Compton Acres Gardens (46 Pictures)

(18.7 miles, 30.1 km, direction SE)

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