Shaftesbury /ˈʃɑːftsbəri/ is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A30 road, 20 miles (32 kilometres) west of Salisbury, near to the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about 215 metres (705 ft) above sea level on a greensand hill on the edge of Cranborne Chase.
Population: 6,813
Latitude: 51° 00' 19.01" N
Longitude: -2° 11' 35.99" W
Warminster Athenaeum is a Victorian theatre in Warminster, UK, and a Grade II listed building. Built in 1858 based on the designs of W. J. Stent, it has been closed three times in its history, most recently in 1997. There were dangers of the buildin…
Wanstrow railway station was a small station on the East Somerset Railway serving the village of Wanstrow in Somerset.
Turnworth is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the Dorset Downs 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Blandford Forum. It consists of a few cottages and farmhouses scattered around a church and manor house. In 2013 the civil …
Templecombe Preceptory (or Combe Templariorum) was established in 1185 in Templecombe, Somerset, England.
Tarrant Abbey was an abbey in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, England.
Sturminster Newton United Football Club is a football club based in Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, currently playing in the Dorset Football League Senior Division.
Stourpaine & Durweston Halt was a station in the English county of Dorset. It was located between Shillingstone and Blandford Forum on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
Stour Row is a village in north Dorset, England, situated beside Duncliffe Hill 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Shaftesbury. It lies within the parish of the neighbouring village of Stour Provost. Stour Row has few amenities, but did have a petrol sta…
Stoke Wake is a hamlet and civil parish, formerly part of the Whiteway hundred in north Dorset, England. It is situated under Bulbarrow Hill on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, west of Blandford Forum. Dorset County Council 's 2013 mid-year estimat…
Stalbridge railway station was a station in Stalbridge in the county of Dorset, England. It was located between Henstridge and Sturminster Newton stations on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. Sited on a single line stretch, the station had a pa…
St Mary's Church is the parish church for the town of Gillingham in the Blackmore Vale in the north of Dorset.
Shepton Montague Railway Cutting (grid reference ST686316) is a 1.61 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Shepton Montague in Somerset, notified in 1992.
Sedgehill is a village in Sedgehill and Semley civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. The church in Sedgehill is dedicated to St.
Scratchbury & Cotley Hills SSSI (grid reference ST915437) is a 53.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Norton Bavant in Wiltshire, notified in 1951. The Iron Age hillfort of Scratchbury Camp occupies the summit of the hill.
The Ringmoor Settlement is an Iron Age/Romano-British farming settlement in Dorset, to the north of Turnworth and the south of Belchalwell in the Blackmore Vale.
Prescombe Down (grid reference ST985255) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951.
Postlebury Wood (grid reference ST740430) is an 87 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Trudoxhill in Somerset, notified in 1987.
Pincombe Down (grid reference ST966217) is a 23.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971.