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Stourton in Wiltshire

Stourton

(0.3 miles, 0.5 km)

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...

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County Boundary, Frome Road, Maiden Bradley

Maiden Bradley

(3.1 miles, 4.9 km, direction NE)

The Wiltshire Downs, especially around Maiden Bradley village, are wonderful. The landscape our village nestles in is various and memorable. The place is saturated with history.....

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Old brick farm building on staddle stones in Gillingham, Dorset

Gillingham

(5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction S)

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East knoyle village hall & Church, East Knoyle, Wiltshire

East Knoyle

(7.0 miles, 11.3 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...

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Gold Hill

Shaftesbury

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction SE)

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

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Heavens Pearly Gates?

Warminster

(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction NE)

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...

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River Nadder flowing through Tisbury

Tisbury

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction E)

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

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Views Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction NW)

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Poyntington, Dorset

Poyntington

(11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction SW)

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

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Springhead Gardens, Fontmell Magna, North Dorset

Fontmell Magna

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction SE)

A picturesque village in the county of Dorset, situated between the historic market towns of Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum. The village has a church which in 1905 was described.....

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Alfred's Tower, Stourton, Wiltshire

Alfred's Tower

(1.9 miles, 3.0 km, direction W)

2 miles north-west of the garden, the 50m high Tower stands on the spot where in 879AD the King raised his standard after.....

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Longleat House & Safari Park

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction N)

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

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Cley Hill

(7.7 miles, 12.3 km, direction NE)

This is the site of an Iron-Age Hillfort which covers around 17 acres. It is just one of several such sites in Wiltshire, but.....

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Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle

(7.7 miles, 12.3 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.....

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Old Wardour Castle

Old Wardour Castle

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction SE)

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Brokerswood Country Park

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction N)

OS Grid reference: ST839524 Open daily from 10AM to 5PM, this treasure trove of woodland, water, and childrens play areas is the.....

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Westbury White Horse

Bratton Camp & White Horse

(13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction NE)

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Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle

(13.7 miles, 22.1 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......

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Sherborne Abbey at night

Sherborne Abbey

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction SW)

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

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Philipps House & Dinton Park

(14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction E)

Early 19th-century neo-Grecian house designed for William Wyndham, a leading late Georgian politician. A variety of tranquil.....

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