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2.9milesShaftesbury Abbey Museum and Garden
Park Walk, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP78JR
Shaftesbury Abbey Museum and Garden is set on the site of Saxons England's foremost Benedictine nunnery founded by King Alfred in 888ADThis Abbey was to act as the catalyst for the prosperity of the town and surrounding area for over 650 years. The excavated foundations of this once important and influential Abbey lie in a peaceful walled garden - a lasting reminder of the Abbey's eventful past.
7.4milesStourhead Garden and House
Estate Office, Stourhead House, Stourhead, Wiltshire, BA126QD
An outstanding example of the English landscape style, this splendid garden was designed by Henry Hoare II and laid out between 1741 and 1780. Built in the 1720s the mansion was home to the Hoare family, owners of Britain's only independent private bank surviving to the present.
8.3milesOld Wardour Castle
Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire, SP36RR
One of England's most romantic castles, in a secluded lakeside setting Built in the late 14th century for John, fifth Lord Lovel, this unusual six-sided castle was unique in medieval English architecture. An audio tour brings the long history of this fascinating castle to life.
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10.9miles
Hadspen House and Nursery
Hadspen House, Castle Cary, BA77NG
The garden and nursery are closed for the whole of 2006. They will reopen 10am - 5pm Thursday to Sunday and bank holiday Mondays from March 1st to September 30th, 2007.
11.2milesRoyal Signals Museum
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT118RH
The Royal Corps of Signals Museum is located in Blandford Camp in the beautiful Dorset countryside and only a stone's throw from the scenic and interesting Georgian Town of Blandford Forum. There are numerous prehistoric sites within the camp boundaries, but the first recorded use of the site was as a racecourse.
11.2milesSherborne Castle
New Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT95NR
Built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594, Sherborne Castle has been home of the Digby family since 1617. Set in 40 acres of glorious 'Capability' Brown landscaped gardens and grounds around his 50 acre lake, the Castle contains a splendid collection of art, furniture and porcelain.
11.6milesSherborne Museum
Abbey Gate House, Church Lane, Sherborne, Dorset, DT93BP
The museum houses an excellent collection of items based on local history, with a large archive collection of photographs, pictures and drawings relating to the town, its environs and characters. Permanent displays include Roman history and earlier; the Abbey from 705; Sherborne Old Castle from 1136; Sheborne Castle from 1594, the Civil War 1642-1649 the Silk Industry in the 18th & 19th Centuries and a fine Victorian Dolls' House.
12.7milesHaynes Motor Museum
A359 towards Castle Cary, Sparkford, BA227LH
Travel through motoring history at Britain's most spectacular international collection of historic cars from around the world. You've loved them, you've loathed them, or you've lusted after them - now they're all under one roof.
15milesNunney Castle
Nunney, BA114LW
Nunney Castle is a castle in Nunney, Somerset, England.Nunney Castle Nunney Castle showing collapsed wall Nunney Castle showing above the trees and villageIt is a small, French-style castle surrounded by a deep moat, built for Sir John Delamare in 1373.
15milesMinterne Gardens
Minterne Magna, Dorset, DT27AU
The Minterne Valley, landscaped in the manner of Capability Brown in the 18th Century, has been the home of the Churchill and Digby families for 350 years. The gardens are laid out in a horseshoe below Minterne House, with a chain of small lakes, waterfalls and streams.
16.6milesFleet Air Arm Museum
Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton, BA228HT
In 1912 a Royal Navy aircraft took off from a platform built for the purpose over the forecastle of HMS HIBERNIA in Weymouth Bay, the first time an aircraft had ever taken off from a ship under way at sea. Since then, the Royal Navy has operated airships, seaplanes, flying boats and tens of thousands of aeroplanes and helicopters.
17.6milesTolpuddle Martyrs Museum
Tolpuddle, Dorset, DT27EH
The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum tells the harrowing tale of the Martyrs arrest, trial and punishment, leading to the foundation of modern day trade unionism. Low wages, appalling conditions and unemployment, bad winters and poor harvests in 1829 and 1830 fuelled a great explosion of anger, resulting in riots led by the mythical 'Captain Swing' in November 1830.
17.9milesLytes Cary Manor
, Kinsdon, TA117HU
The house with its 14th-century chapel and 15th-century Great Hall was much added to in the 16th century. In the 20th century it was rescued from dereliction by Sir Walter Jenner who refurnished the interiors in period style.
18milesAthelhampton House and Gardens
Athelhampton, Dorset, DT27LG
Athelhampton House and its estate and gardens have been in private ownership for over five hundred years. We thank you for your interest which will help to ensure that Athelhampton will continue to flourish.
18.5milesWilton House
Wilton House, Wilton, Nr Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP20BJ
Unwrap over 460 years of history at Wilton House, where you will experience living history at its very best. Take time to uncover its secrets as you wander through its magnificent rooms, marvel at its architecture, soak in its fine paintings or be swept off your feet by its spectacular gardens.
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18.6miles
Priests House Wimborne
23 - 27 High Street, Wimborne, Dorset, BH211HR
The Priests House museum and garden is an award winning museum set in a historic 16th Century town house. There are nine rooms, costume and textile gallery and a magnificent three hundred foot walled garden.
19.7milesHardy's Cottage
Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT28QJ
Birthplace of novelist and poet Thomas HardyThomas Hardy was born in 1840 in this small cob and thatch cottage and from here he would walk to school every day in Dorchester, three miles away. It was built by his great-grandfather and is little altered since the family left.
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