Beaminster

Worth seeing in and around Beaminster

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   All Saints' Church, Mapperton

   All Saints' Church is a private church, formerly belonging to the Church of England, in Mapperton, Dorset, England. The church is believed to have 12th century origins, with later additions and rebuilds.

   2.8 km · private church in Mapperton, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lewesdon Hill

   Lewesdon Hill is a hill near Broadwindsor in west Dorset, England. With a maximum elevation of 279 m, it is the highest point in Dorset.

   4.4 km · hill in south west Dorset, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Conegar Hill

   Conegar Hill is a prominent rise, 214 metres high, just north of the village of Broadwindsor in the Yeovil Scarplands, in the county of Dorset in southern England. It has a prominence of 51 metres which classifies it as one of the Tumps.

   4.5 km · 214m high hill in Broadwindsor, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Parnham House

   Parnham House is a sixteenth-century Grade I listed house located in Parnham Park about 1 mile from Beaminster in Dorset, England. Historic England describes the house as "exceptionally important".

   1.1 km · Grade I listed house in West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Waddon Hill

   Waddon Hill is a hill and the site of a short-lived Roman fort near Beaminster, in the English county of Dorset. The name Waddon is from the Old English, meaning wheat hill.

   3.3 km · hill in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Holy Trinity

   Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England church in Salway Ash, Dorset, England. The church was designed by George Crickmay and built in 1887–89.

   4.5 km · church in Salway Ash, Dorset · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Christ Church, Melplash

   Christ Church is a Church of England church in Melplash, Dorset, England. It was built in 1845–46 to the designs of Benjamin Ferrey and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1984.

   3.8 km · church in Melplash, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of St Mary

   St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Mosterton, Dorset, England. The church was designed by Edmund Pearce and built in 1832–33 to replace an earlier building.

   4.8 km · church building in Mosterton, West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Beaminster

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Bristol (BRS), 64 km · Cardiff (CWL), 78 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 175 km

• Bristol → Beaminster

  73 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
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  81 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £14–19
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  198 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £21–28
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