Charlton Down

Worth seeing in and around Charlton Down

7 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, Nether Cerne

   All Saints Church in Nether Cerne, Dorset, England was built in the late 13th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   3.5 km · church in Nether Cerne, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Poundbury Hill

   Poundbury Hill is the site of a scheduled Prehistoric and Roman archaeological remains and includes evidence of a Neolithic settlement, a substantial Bronze Age occupation site and an Iron Age hillfort. There are also late Iron Age burials and a section of Roman aqueduct.

   3.7 km · Dorset hill fort · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Wolfeton House

   Wolfeton House is an early Tudor and Elizabethan manor house in Dorset, England. It is situated amongst water-meadows north-west of Dorchester not far from the confluence of the rivers Frome and Cerne.

   2.7 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of Holy Trinity

   Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church at Godmanstone, Dorset, England. The church has 12th century origins and is a Grade I listed building.

   2.9 km · church in Godmanstone, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Parish Church of St Mary

   St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Charminster, Dorset, in the Diocese of Salisbury. It is a Grade I listed building.

   2.1 km · church in Charminster, West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Mary

   St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Bradford Peverell, Dorset, England. It was designed by Decimus Burton and built in 1849–50.

   2.8 km · church in Bradford Peverell, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Grimstone Viaduct

   Grimstone Viaduct is a railway bridge at Grimstone in Dorset, south-western England. It carries the Heart of Wessex Line over a road junction off the A37 road.

   3.9 km · railway viaduct in Stratton, West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Charlton Down

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 72 km · Cardiff (CWL), 95 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 161 km

Stations

Grimstone and Frampton railway station, 3.9 km

• Bristol → Charlton Down

  79 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £10–13
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• Cardiff → Charlton Down

  96 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £17–23
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• London → Charlton Down

  183 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £19–25
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