Cranborne Chase

#3276 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Cranborne Chase is a chalk plateau in central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. The plateau is part of the English Chalk Formation and is adjacent to Salisbury Plain and the West Wiltshire Downs in the north, and the Dorset Downs to the south west. The scarp slope of the hills faces the Blackmore Vale to the west, and to some extent the Vale of Wardour to the north. The chalk gently slopes south and dips under clays and gravels. The highest point is Win Green Down, in Wiltshire, at 910 feet. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°57'41"N, 2°2'39"W

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Cranborne Chase – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old Wardour Castle, Knowlton Circles, Cranborne Manor, Cranborne Priory.

5.5 miN
Historical place, Forts and castles, History museum
Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury
141 min walk • Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about 15 miles west of Salisbury.
5.8 miSE
Archaeological site, Church
Knowlton Circles
149 min walk • Knowlton Circles are a complex of henges and earthworks in Knowlton, Dorset, England. The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is the best known and best preserved, but there are at least two other henges in the vicinity as well as numerous round barrows.
5.9 miSE
Manor house
Cranborne Manor
152 min walk • Cranborne Manor is a Grade I listed country house in Cranborne, Dorset, in southern England. The manor dates back to around 1207/8, and was originally a hunting lodge. It was remodelled for The 1st Earl of Salisbury in the early 17th century.
6 miSE
Monastery
Cranborne Priory
154 min walk • Cranborne Priory is a former priory church in the village of Cranborne, Dorset, England. Founded in 980 as Cranborne Abbey, it became a priory in 1102, remaining that way until it was dissolved in 1540.
1.8 miW
Park, Garden
Larmer Tree Gardens
47 min walk • The Larmer Tree Gardens near Tollard Royal in south Wiltshire, England, were created by landowner Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1880 as pleasure grounds for "public enlightenment and entertainment". They were the first private gardens opened for public enjoyment in the United Kingdom, and were free to enter.
3.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Win Green Down
83 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.
5.5 miSE
Park
St Giles Farms
142 min walk • St Giles House is located at Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset in England, just south of Cranborne Chase. It is the ancestral seat of the Ashley-Cooper family, which is headed by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The estate covers over 5,500 acres.
4.2 miNE
Village
Bowerchalke
107 min walk • Bowerchalke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 9 miles southwest of Salisbury. It is in the south of the county, about 1 mile from the boundary with Dorset and 2 miles from that with Hampshire.
6 miNE
Sport, Sport venue
Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb
153 min walk • The Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb is a hillclimb in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, England, organised by the South Western Centre of the British Automobile Racing Club.