Badbury Rings, Wimborne Minster

Name: Badbury Rings
Address: Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Wimborne Minster

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Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England. It was in the territory of the Durotriges. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia a short distance to the south-west. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 328 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°49'35"N, 2°3'9"W

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Badbury Rings – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kingston Lacy, Wimborne Minster, Philae obelisk, Wimborne Model Town.

1.4 miSE
Country mansion with Japanese gardens
Kingston Lacy, Wimborne Minster
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3.4 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Library, Church
Wimborne Minster, Wimborne Minster
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1.4 miSE
Memorial
Philae obelisk
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3.3 miSE
Entertainment, Park
Wimborne Model Town, Wimborne Minster
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5.9 miNE
Archaeological site, Church
Knowlton Circles
150 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.
3 miS
Church
St. Hubert's Church, Poole
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3.4 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Priest's House Museum, Wimborne Minster
87 min walk • The Priest's House Museum is a local museum in the town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England. It is located on the high street, opposite the Church of Wimborne Minster. The museum occupies a historic Grade II* listed building, a hall house dating from the late 16th or early 17th century.
3.3 miSE
Architecture, Historical place, Concerts and shows
Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne Minster
84 min walk • The Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, was built in 1936 as a theatre and cinema. It has a variety of Art Deco features, including original chrome and Bakelite door handles.
4.6 miS
Church
St. Mary the Virgin Church
117 min walk • St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Lytchett Matravers in Dorset. Its parish is part of the Diocese of Salisbury. The building is Grade I listed.
4.2 miSE
Bridge
Lady Wimborne Bridge
108 min walk • The Lady Wimborne Bridge is a former railway bridge built in 1853, and now a listed building. Its highly ornate design reflects the power of landowners over British railway companies in the mid-nineteenth century.
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Church
St Mary
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