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
Pimperne (/ˈpɪmpərn/ PIM-pərn) is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the town of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 478 households and a population of …
Philipps House (until 1916 Dinton House) is an early nineteenth-century Neo-Grecian country house at Dinton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The house was designed by Jeffry Wyatt, later Sir Jeffry Wyatville for William Wyndham (1769-1841), a de…
Knowlton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Woodlands, Dorset, England, UK. It is about 6 miles north of town Wimborne Minster, and about 1 mile south of the village of Wimborne St Giles. Its most recognizable features are a ruined Norman church bui…
Horton Priory was a priory at Horton in Dorset, England.
Holwell is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Sherborne. It is sited on Oxford clay in the Blackmore Vale. Its name…
Hazelbury Bryan is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of the small town of Sturminster Ne…
Grovely Wood is one of the largest woodlands in southern Wiltshire. It is situated on a chalk ridge above the River Wylye to the south of the village of Great Wishford, within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural …
The Defence School of Communications and Information Systems (DSCIS) was formed on 1 April 2004 as one of 6 United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Training Establishments (DTEs) introduced to deliver coherent and cost effective training across defence.
Corsley is a village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Warminster in Wiltshire, England, at grid reference ST828467. The parish includes seven hamlets: Corsley Heath (generally regarded as the centre of the parish), Lane End, Longhedge, Lyes…
Buckhorn Weston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district, about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the town of Gillingham. It lies on the western edge of the form…
Bokerley Dyke (or Bokerley Ditch) is a Romano-British defensive dyke 3.25 miles (5.2 km) long in north east Dorset, England, near the villages of Woodyates and Pentridge.
Barford St Martin is a village in Wiltshire, England, about two miles from Wilton, on the junction of the A30 and the B3089. Barford is known as one of the Nadder Valley villages, named for the River Nadder which flows through the village.
Wylye is a village and civil parish on the River Wylye in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) northwest of Salisbury and a similar distance southeast of Warminster.
Woolland is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale under Bulbarrow Hill 7 miles (11 km) west of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 50. The village had a population o…
Wincanton railway station was a station in the county of Somerset, in England.
Whitesheet Hill is a 136.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1965. As one of the most westerly areas of downland in Britain the area is noted for its chalky farmland which contains a rich variety of rar…
Tarrant Keyneston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Tarrant Valley 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Blandford Forum in the North Dorset administrative district. In the 2011 census the parish had 152 dwelling…
Tarrant Hinton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Tarrant Valley within the North Dorset administrative district, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the…