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Threlkeld Village, Cumbria. The Knowe crags in the background.

Threlkeld

in the county of Cumbria

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Cottages, Higher Bockhampton

Higher Bockhampton

(0.1 miles, 0.2 km)

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The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset

Dorchester

(2.4 miles, 3.9 km, direction SW)

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset and is the heart of Thomas Hardy's Wessex. On the outskirts of the town you will find Hardy’s birthplace and family home in Higher.....

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Whitcombe, Dorset

Whitcombe

(2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction S)

A small picturesque Dorset village just 2 miles southeast of the historic market town of Dorchester...

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton

(3.0 miles, 4.8 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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Piddlehinton

Piddlehinton

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction N)

Piddlehinton is a picturesque village in the Piddle valley in the county of Dorset, and is 5 miles north of the county town of Dorchester. It has one pub called The Thimble, and.....

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The River Cerne in Dorset

Nether Cerne

(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction NW)

A picturesque hamlet in Dorset..

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Briantspuddle village

Briantspuddle

(5.5 miles, 8.9 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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Osmington view over golden cab, Dorset

Osmington

(5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction S)

The pretty village of Osmington is situated along the Jurassic coast just 4 miles North-East of the historic resort of Weymouth. It has narrow streets and pretty thatched.....

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Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction NW)

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

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The Sydling Valley, Dorset

Sydling St Nicholas

(7.2 miles, 11.6 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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Kingston Maurward, Stinsford..

Kingston Maurward House & Gardens

(1.0 miles, 1.6 km)

Kingston Maurward Gardens include wonderful floral displays, topiary, a wonderful walled garden, stone terraces, a lake and.....

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Max Gate

Max Gate

(2.0 miles, 3.3 km, direction SW)

Home of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy...

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Fire Brigade

Dorset County Museum

(2.1 miles, 3.4 km, direction W)

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The Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset

Roman Town House

(2.4 miles, 3.9 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.....

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The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester. Dorset

The Keep Military Museum

(2.6 miles, 4.1 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.....

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House

(3.0 miles, 4.9 km, direction NE)

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

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Maiden Castle, Dorset

Maiden Castle

(4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction SW)

The finest Iron Age hillfort in Europe, Maiden Castle is the size of 50 football pitches and was first built in 600BC over the.....

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Clouds Hill Cottage (National Trust)

Clouds Hill

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction E)

The rural retreat of T. E. Lawrence, in Dorset...

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Cerne Giant in Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas Giant

(6.9 miles, 11.0 km, direction NW)

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.....

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Bovington Tank Museum

The Tank Museum

(6.9 miles, 11.0 km, direction E)

The world's best collection of tanks and fighting vehicles, including the only working example of a Tiger I tank, and a British.....

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