Black Hill Down, Cerne Abbas

Name: Black Hill Down
Address: Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Cerne Abbas

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Black Hill Down is a 71.84 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1989. ()

Coordinates: 50°48'11"N, 2°28'21"W

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Cerne Abbas United Kingdom

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Black Hill Down – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cerne Abbas Giant, Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Cerne Abbey, Wolfeton House.

0.7 miN
Archaeological site
Cerne Abbas Giant, Cerne Abbas
19 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.
6.2 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Dorchester
159 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.
0.6 miN
Monastery
Cerne Abbey, Cerne Abbas
15 min walk • Cerne Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 987 in the town now called Cerne Abbas, Dorset, by Æthelmær the Stout.
5.2 miS
Museum, History museum, Forts and castles
Wolfeton House
134 min walk • Wolfeton House is an early Tudor and Elizabethan manor house in Dorset, England. It is situated amongst water-meadows north-west of Dorchester not far from the confluence of the rivers Frome and Cerne. It is near to the village of Charminster.
6.3 miSE
50°43'43"N • 2°23'27"W
Hardy's Birthplace and Thorncombe Woods, Dorchester
160 min walk • Museum, Nature and wildlife, Park
3.1 miN
Town
Buckland Newton
80 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.