Coney's Castle

#3115 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Coney's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, England. The name Coney is from the Old English for rabbit, suggesting medieval use as a domestic warren, as at nearby Pilsdon Pen. ()

Coordinates: 50°46'25"N, 2°53'36"W

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Coney's Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lyme Regis Museum, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre, Forde Abbey, Golden Cap.

3.8 miSW
Museum, Natural history museum
Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis
97 min walk • Lyme Regis Museum is situated in the town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. It is a registered charity under English law.
2.8 miS
History museum, Natural history museum, Museum
Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre, Charmouth
72 min walk • The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre is based in the upstairs floor of a long-disused cement factory on the foreshore of Charmouth in Dorset, England.
4.8 miN
Historical place, Garden, Park
Forde Abbey, Chard
124 min walk • Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England, with a postal address in Chard, Somerset. The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the 1,600-acre estate is farmed to provide additional revenue.
4 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park
Golden Cap, Charmouth
102 min walk • Golden Cap is a hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. At 191 metres, it is arguably the highest point on the south coast of Great Britain and is visible for tens of miles along the coastline.
3.7 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum
Dinosaurland Fossil Museum, Lyme Regis
95 min walk • Dinosaurland Fossil Museum is a privately owned fossil museum in Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. The museum is located in a historic Grade I listed former congregational church building.
4.7 miW
Specialty museum, Museum
Axminster Museum, Axminster
120 min walk • Axminster Museum is a town museum situated in the Old Police Station and Courthouse opposite St. Mary's Church in the centre of the town of Axminster, Devon, England. It was founded in 1982.
2 miSE
Church
Church of St Candida and Holy Cross
52 min walk • The Church of St Candida and Holy Cross is an Anglican church in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England. A Saxon church stood on the site but nothing remains of that structure. The earliest parts of the church date from the 12th century when it was rebuilt by Benedictine monks.
3.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Pilsdon Pen
89 min walk • Pilsdon Pen is a 277-metre hill in Dorset in South West England, situated at the north end of the Marshwood Vale, approximately 4.5 miles west of Beaminster. It is Dorset's second highest point and has panoramic views extending for many miles. It was bequeathed to the National Trust by the Pinney family in 1982.
3.8 miSW
50°43'32"N • 2°56'2"W
The Town Mill, Lyme Regis
96 min walk • Museum, Historical place, Cafe
2.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hardown Hill
74 min walk • Hardown Hill is a hill between Ryall and Morcombelake in the county of Dorset, England. It rises west of the South Dorset Downs, close to the Dorset coast, and overlooks the Marshwood Vale to the north.
0.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Lambert's Castle Hill
20 min walk • Lambert's Castle Hill rises between the villages of Marshwood and Fishpond Bottom in the county of Dorset, England. It is part of the South Dorset Downs and its prominence qualifies it as one of the so-called HuMPs.