St Nicholas' Church

#1154 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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St Nicholas' is a Church of England parish church at Moreton, Dorset, England. It is known for its thirteen windows, engraved by the poet and artist Sir Laurence Whistler. T. E. Lawrence was buried in the separate churchyard. ()

Coordinates: 50°42'10"N, 2°16'37"W

Location

Moreton House High StreetMoreton DT2 8RH EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Day trips

St Nicholas' Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Tank Museum, Monkey World, Athelhampton House, Lulworth Estate.

1.6 miE
History museum, Military museum, Museum
The Tank Museum, Bovington Camp
41 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Dorset, The Tank Museum in Bovington Camp stands as a formidable archive of armored warfare. This impressive establishment is not just a museum; it is a journey through the history of tanks and their impact on global conflicts.
2.7 miE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Zoo
Monkey World, Wareham
68 min walk • The Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre is a 65-acre ape and monkey sanctuary and rescue centre near Wool, Dorset, England.
3.8 miNW
Museum, Historical place, Garden
Athelhampton House, Dorchester
97 min walk • Athelhampton is a settlement and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately 5 miles east of Dorchester. It consists of a manor house and a former Church of England parish church.
5.3 miSE
Park
Lulworth Estate, Lulworth
136 min walk • The Lulworth Estate is located in central south Dorset, England. Its most notable landscape feature include a five-mile stretch of coastline on the Jurassic Coast. Part of the area is a World Heritage Site. The historic estate includes the Lulworth Castle and Park.
1.5 miNE
Museum, History museum
Clouds Hill, Wareham
40 min walk • Clouds Hill is an isolated cottage near Wareham in the county of Dorset in South West England. It is the former home of T. E. Lawrence and is owned by the National Trust. The site is in the parish of Turners Puddle in Purbeck District.
3.4 miN
Church
Church of Saint John
86 min walk • The Church of Saint John the Evangelist is a Church of England parish church in Tolpuddle, Dorset. The church is a Grade I listed building.
5.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hambury Tout, Lulworth
143 min walk • Hambury Tout is a large chalk hill by the coast near Lulworth, Dorset, England. It overlooks Lulworth Cove to the west. Hambury Tout is the site of an ancient burial mound.
5.2 miW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Dorchester
133 min walk • Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy.
3.4 miN
Museum, History museum
Tolpuddle Martyrs
87 min walk • The Tolpuddle Martyrs were six agricultural labourers from the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset, England, who, in 1834, were convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers.
5.7 miW
Park, Georgian architecture
Kingston Maurward House, Dorchester
146 min walk • Kingston Maurward House is a large Grade I listed Georgian English country house set in a 750-acre estate in Dorset situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester.
7.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Povington Hill
180 min walk • Povington Hill, at 198 metres high, is one of the highest points on the chain of the Purbeck Hills in south Dorset on the southern coast of England.