Hambledon Hill

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Hambledon Hill is a prehistoric hill fort in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum. The hill itself is a chalk outcrop, on the southwestern corner of Cranborne Chase, separated from the Dorset Downs by the River Stour. It is owned by the National Trust. ()

Elevation: 630 ftCoordinates: 50°54'39"N, 2°13'18"W

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Hambledon Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fiddleford Manor, North Dorset Railway, St Mary's Church, Hod Hill.

2.8 miW
History museum, Museum
Fiddleford Manor, Sturminster Newton
73 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 miW
Museum, Historical place
North Dorset Railway
35 min walk • North Dorset Railway is a heritage railway based at Shillingstone railway station on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
3.7 miW
Church
St Mary's Church, Sturminster Newton
94 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.
1.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Hod Hill
31 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.
3.8 miW
50°55'14"N • 2°18'28"W
Sturminster Mill, Sturminster Newton
98 min walk • Forts and castles
7.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Win Green Down
182 min walk • Win Green Down at grid reference ST927209 in south-western Wiltshire, England is a 26.0 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1971.
5.1 miSE
Museum, Military museum
Royal Signals Museum, Blandford Forum
131 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.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Piddles Wood, Sturminster Newton
79 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.
4.3 miSE
Neighbourhood
North Dorset, Blandford Forum
111 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.
5.5 miSE
Sport, Sport venue
Blandford Camp
140 min walk • Blandford Camp is a military base comprising some 390 hectares of downland lying 2 miles north-east of Blandford Forum in the county of Dorset in southern England. Significant areas of the camp are Sites of Special Scientific Interest.