Cerne Abbey, Cerne Abbas

Name: Cerne Abbey
Address: Abbey Street, Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Cerne Abbas

Top attraction, Monastery

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Cerne Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 987 in the town now called Cerne Abbas, Dorset, by Æthelmær the Stout. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°48'40"N, 2°28'35"W

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Abbey StreetCerne Abbas United Kingdom

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Nearby attractions include: Cerne Abbas Giant, Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Buckland Newton.

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Archaeological site
Cerne Abbas Giant, Cerne Abbas
5 min walk • The Cerne Abbas Giant is a hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. 55 metres high, it depicts a standing nude male with a prominent erection and wielding a large club in its right hand.
6.8 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Dorchester
173 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.
2.7 miNE
Town
Buckland Newton
69 min walk • Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles to the south.