North Dorset Railway

#819 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Museum, Historical place

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North Dorset Railway is a heritage railway based at Shillingstone railway station on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. ()

Coordinates: 50°54'15"N, 2°15'2"W

Location

Station RoadShillingstone DT11 0SA EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1258 860696

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North Dorset Railway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fiddleford Manor, Hambledon Hill, St Mary's Church, Hod Hill.

1.9 miNW
History museum, Museum
Fiddleford Manor, Sturminster Newton
49 min walk • Fiddleford Manor is a medieval manor house located near Sturminster Newton, Dorset. It is thought to have been originally built around 1370 for William Latimer, the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, after the manor passed to him in 1355.
1.3 miE
Forts and castles
Hambledon Hill
35 min walk • Hambledon Hill is a prehistoric hill fort in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum.
2.7 miNW
Church
St Mary's Church, Sturminster Newton
69 min walk • St Mary's Church is a Church of England Parish Church in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. The present church dates from a rebuild in 1486 by the abbots of Glastonbury. The church was heavily modified in the 19th century, but the carved wagon roof remains.
2 miE
Archaeological site
Hod Hill
51 min walk • Hod Hill is a large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, 3 miles north-west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The fort sits on a 143 m chalk hill of the same name that lies between the adjacent Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase.
2.7 miNW
50°55'14"N • 2°18'28"W
Sturminster Mill, Sturminster Newton
70 min walk • Forts and castles
6 miSE
Museum, Military museum
Royal Signals Museum, Blandford Forum
153 min walk • The Royal Signals Museum is a military museum based at Blandford Camp in the civil parish of Tarrant Monkton, northwest of the town of Blandford Forum in Dorset, England.
2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Piddles Wood, Sturminster Newton
51 min walk • Piddles Wood is a small area of woodland south of the River Stour, Dorset, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The site was notified as an SSSI in 1985. The nearest settlement is the town of Sturminster Newton.
4.9 miSE
Neighbourhood
North Dorset, Blandford Forum
125 min walk • North Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. It was largely rural, but included the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton.

North Dorset Railway

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North Dorset Railway plan & book

North Dorset Railway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)