Cranborne Priory

#2523 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. The tower, nave and aisles from the priory survive to from the Church of St Mary and St Bartholomew, the parish church of Cranborne. The building, which has fragments from the 12th century, is designated a Grade I listed building. ()

Coordinates: 50°55'7"N, 1°55'26"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Knowlton Circles, Rockbourne Roman Villa, Moors Valley Country Park, Cranborne Manor.

2.6 miSW
Archaeological site, Church
Knowlton Circles
68 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.
4.7 miNE
Historical place, Ruins, Museum
Rockbourne Roman Villa, Fordingbridge
120 min walk • Rockbourne Roman Villa is a Roman courtyard villa excavated and put on public display in the village of Rockbourne in the English county of Hampshire. The villa was discovered in 1942 by a local farmer and excavated by A. T. Morley Hewitt over the next thirty years.
5.7 miSE
Sport complex, Park
Moors Valley Country Park, Ringwood
145 min walk • Moors Valley Country Park, officially Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, is a Country Park jointly managed by Dorset Council and Forestry England situated in Ashley Heath, Dorset on the border with Hampshire, in the south of England.
~460 ftW
Manor house
Cranborne Manor
3 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.
3.2 miSE
Concerts and shows, Civic center, Entertainment
The Hub, Verwood
82 min walk • The Hub is a multi-purpose venue based in Verwood, Dorset, England, hosting a range of live music, theatre, art, conferences, workshops, children’s activities and other community based projects. There is also a 7.1 surround sound cinema, a state-of-the-art gym and a café.
1.7 miSW
Park
St Giles Farms
44 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.
6 miNW
Archaeological site
Cranborne Chase
154 min walk • 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.
2.1 miSE
50°53'49"N • 1°53'25"W
Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park Verwood, Verwood
54 min walk • Park
5.4 miSE
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Moors Valley Railway
138 min walk • The Moors Valley Railway is a 7+1⁄4 in narrow gauge passenger railway, in the Moors Valley Country Park at Ashley Heath, Dorset, England near Ringwood in Hampshire. There are 20 steam engines and 2 diesel engines.
3.8 miE
Village
Alderholt
97 min walk • Alderholt is a large village and civil parish in east Dorset, England; situated 3 miles west of Fordingbridge. The parish includes the hamlets of Crendell and Cripplestyle.
5 miS
Village
Three Legged Cross
128 min walk • Three Legged Cross is an extended village within Verwood civil parish in east Dorset, England. It lies to the south of the town of Verwood and to the north of West Moors. Its population in 2014 was estimated at 2,740.