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About The Keep Military Museum
This exciting keep is the home of the Military Museum of Devon and Dorset. Here visitors with a keen interest in all things military can learn of the military service men and women of Dorset and Devon, their lives and times. There are rich portrayals featuring The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, The Dorset Regiment, The Devonshire Regiment, The Dorset Yeomanry, The Dorset Militia, The Royal Devon Yeomanry, and 94 Field Regiment R.A.
The feast set before your eye's includes the very latest technological interactive displays, uniforms including ceremonial, medals, and weapons used over the past three hundred years. There are paintings, photographs and books, together with an archive section available to those attempting to research family or military history.
The museum, although military based offers something for everyone, it fully depicts the proud service traditions upheld by centuries of men and women of Dorset and Devon.
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| Abbotsbury Abbey | (7.4 miles, 12.0 km, direction SW) | Pictures |
| Nothe Fort | (7.6 miles, 12.1 km, direction S) | Pictures |
All attractions in DorsetComplete A to Z of attractions in EnglandRecommended towns near The Keep Military Museum
Dorchester, a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (0.2 miles, 0.3 km)
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Higher Bockhampton, in the county of Dorset (2.6 miles, 4.1 km, direction NE)
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Osmington, in the county of Dorset (5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction SE)
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Athelhampton, in the county of Dorset (5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction E)
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.
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Sydling St Nicholas, in the county of Dorset (6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction NW)
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.
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Cerne Abbas, in the county of Dorset (6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction N)
Famous for its huge chalk 'rude' giant, Cerne Abbas is a lovely ancient village in Dorset.
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Langton Herring, in the county of Dorset (6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction SW)
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Weymouth, in the county of Dorset (7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction S)
Weymouth is one of the most finest and famous of all England's seaside resorts, having first been used by King George III to try and help cure his nervous disorder by bathing in the sea.
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Abbotsbury, a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SW)
Abbotsbury is a small picturesque and historic village in the county of Dorset.
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Briantspuddle, a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction E)
This remarkable village owes much to the agricultural experiment carried out by Sir Ernest Debenham during the years between the two World Wars.
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All towns in DorsetComplete A to Z of towns in EnglandNearby travel help
| Dorchester West Station | (0.5 miles, 0.7 km) |
| Dorchester South Station | (0.6 miles, 1.0 km) |
| Bournemouth Airport | (27.3 miles, 43.9 km, direction E) |
| M5 Junction 25 | (34.2 miles, 55.1 km, direction NW) |
| M5 Junction 24 | (36.0 miles, 57.9 km, direction NW) |
| Exeter Airport | (42.9 miles, 69.1 km, direction W) |
| The Keep Military Museum to London | (114.8 miles, 184.6 km, direction NE) |
Accommodation & Hotels near The Keep Military Museum
| Hotel Name |
| The Wessex Royale Hotel | (0.2 miles, 0.3 km) |
| Kings Arms Hotel | (0.3 miles, 0.5 km) |
| Little Court | (0.9 miles, 1.5 km) |
| Yellowham Farmhouse | (3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction NE) |
| Hotel Rembrandt | (6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction S) |
| Letchworth Guest House | (6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction S) |
| Award Guest House | (6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction S) |
| The Sun Inn | (7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction S) |
| Best Western Hotel Prince Regent | (7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction S) |
| Russell Hotel | (7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction S) |
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