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About Sydling St Nicholas

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.

The village sits on the Sydling Water, it has a wealth of ancient properties, some covered with thatch, others of attractive stone or colour-washed. Many of these cottages line the banks of the trickling stream which is covered in parts with pretty connecting bridges. At the centre of the village there is a pleasant 19th-century inn, this is an excellent place to tarry after enjoying a stroll around Sydling's quiet country lanes.

St.Nicholas's Church is the focal point of the village, this was built during the 15th-century and was the subject of much rebuilding in the 18th-century. An unusual feature is the fireplace inside the porch, which prior to to-day's village hall, the church porch was often the place villagers used for church and village meetings. Church treasures include a font thought to be around 1000 years old and a clock of 1593. The church is well worth a visit, its rich interior has many monuments and its tower has gargoyles. It can be found in a peaceful churchyard setting surrounded by old graves and tombstones.

The village has a profusion of landscapes and a rich variety of wildlife, it is a contented, harmonious place with a lovely rarefied atmosphere, hard to find in today's turbulent world and once here it is difficult to believe you are just a few short miles from the bustling town of Dorchester and the lively seaside resort of Weymouth.

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Recommended attractions near Sydling St Nicholas

The Cerne Giant	(2.8 miles, 4.4 km, direction NE)	Pictures
The Nine Stones	(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction S)	Pictures
The Keep Military Museum	(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Roman Town House	(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Maiden Castle	(7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction S)	Pictures
Max Gate	(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Hardy Monument	(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction S)	Pictures
Hardy's Cottage	(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction SE)	Pictures
Athelhampton House	(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction E)	Pictures
Abbotsbury Tithe Barn	(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction S)	Pictures
Abbotsbury Abbey	(9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction S)	Pictures
St Catherine's Chapel	(9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Abbotsbury Gardens	(10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Abbotsbury Swannery	(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Sherborne Abbey	(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction N)	Pictures

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Recommended towns near Sydling St Nicholas

Cerne Abbas, in the county of Dorset (2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction NE)
Famous for its huge chalk 'rude' giant, Cerne Abbas is a lovely ancient village in Dorset.
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Minterne Magna, in the county of Dorset (3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction NE)
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Melbury Osmond, in the county of Dorset (6.3 miles, 10.2 km, direction NW)
A long, winding lane, flanked by grassy banks covered in fern and wild flowers, leads to the picture postcard village of Melbury Osmond
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Dorchester, a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction SE)
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Higher Bockhampton, in the county of Dorset (7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction SE)
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Powerstock, in the county of Dorset (7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction W)
The village is completely pastoral and appears to be protected by a maze of deep lanes which once negotiated, reveal a gracious collection of orchards, gardens and enchanting cottages set at angles on a series of knolls.
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Athelhampton, in the county of Dorset (9.2 miles, 14.7 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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Abbotsbury, a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction S)
Abbotsbury is a small picturesque and historic village in the county of Dorset.
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Beaminster, in the county of Dorset (9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction W)
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Netherbury, in the county of Dorset (10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction W)
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Langton Herring, in the county of Dorset (10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction S)
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Burton Bradstock, a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction SW)
This in one of the most enchanting villages to be found along the sweeping Dorset coast. It has gorgeous little lanes where...
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Sherborne, a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (10.9 miles, 17.5 km, direction N)
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.
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Bridport, in the county of Dorset (11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction W)
Bridport can be classed as having everything to please the holiday maker, it has a strong nautical atmosphere born of its long association with the sea, and its history as a flourishing rope making town during the great age of sailing ships.
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Milton Abbas, a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction E)
Milton Abbas is a superb thatched village which has the distinction of being the first planned village of its kind in England.
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Nearby travel help

Maiden Newton Station	(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction W)
Chetnole Station	(5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction N)
M5 Junction 25	(28.4 miles, 45.7 km, direction NW)
M5 Junction 24	(29.8 miles, 48.0 km, direction NW)
Bournemouth Airport	(30.3 miles, 48.8 km, direction E)
Exeter Airport	(39.6 miles, 63.7 km, direction W)
Sydling St Nicholas to London	(115.4 miles, 185.6 km, direction NE)

Hotels & Accommodation in Sydling St Nicholas

Hotel Name	Approximate distance from Sydling St Nicholas center
Summer Lodge Hotel	(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction NW)
Little Court	(5.4 miles, 8.8 km, direction SE)
The Wessex Royale Hotel	(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction SE)
Kings Arms Hotel	(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction SE)
Yellowham Farmhouse	(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction SE)
Marquis Of Lorne	(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction W)
Bridge House, Beaminster	(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction W)
Sherborne Hotel	(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction N)
Eastbury Hotel	(10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction N)
Greystones Court Guest House	(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NW)
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