Bristol Airport 1 hr 26
Win Green (13 min) Green hill on park land offering dog-friendly trails through bucolic terrain to scenic vistas. Royal Signals Museum (18 min) Regimental museum with interactive displays detailing history of military communications and codes. Larmer Tree Gardens (16 min) Expansive Victorian gardens with laurel hedges, flowers and woods, plus ornate, original buildings. Fontmell Down Nature Reserve (7 min) Ferne Park (15 min) Classicism and castle Badbury Rings (22 min) These circular ditches & ridges on a hilltop mark the former site of an Iron Age fort. Old Wardour Castle (24 min) Partially ruined, turreted, 14th-century, fortified residence with panoramic views. Fiddleford Manor (17 min) Hambledon Hill (10 min) Landmark 190-m. hill with ruins of an Iron Age fort & dog-friendly walking paths amid grassland. Shaftesbury Abbey, Museum and Garden Trust (8 min) Abbey, garden, convent, and history Hod Hill (9 min) Sizable hill fort from the Iron Age, featuring scenic views, wildflowers & butterflies. Stourhead (28 min) Elegant mansion from the 1740s in its own 1,000-acre estate, filled with follies and water features. Duncliffe Wood (13 min) A variety of trees grow in this tranquil woodland with a trail that's popular for walking dogs. Bush Farm Bison Centre (22 min) Safari park Gold Hill Museum (8 min) Renovated, sandstone cottage and leafy garden housing local history exhibitions (March-November). |