Durweston

Worth seeing in and around Durweston

6 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
   Hod Hill

   Hod Hill is a large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, 3 miles north-west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The fort sits on a 143 m chalk hill of the same name that lies between the adjacent Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase.

   2.2 km · large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, Dorset, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Shillingstone Quarry

   Shillingstone Quarry SSSI, Dorset is an 8.13 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England, notified in 1995.

   3.8 km · chalk quarry now a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Blandford Forum Town Hall

   Blandford Forum Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The 18th-century structure, which was the meeting place of Blandford Forum Borough Council, is a Grade I listed building.

   3.4 km · town hall in Blandford Forum, North Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Pump House

   The Pump House, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, is an 18th-century water source erected in 1760 in commemoration of a fire which almost destroyed the town in 1731. It was designed and paid for by John Bastard who, with his brother William, worked as builders and architects and were largely responsible for the town's reconstruction.

   3.4 km · Grade I listed pump house in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Stepleton House

   Stepleton House is a 17th-century country house in the parish of Iwerne Stepleton in Dorset, situated about 5 kilometres north of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

   2.9 km · Grade I listed house in North Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   The Coade Hall

   The Coade Hall is a brick-built theatre and concert hall at Bryanston School, near Blandford Forum in Dorset, England.

   1.6 km · theatre and concert hall at Bryanston School in Dorset, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Durweston

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 67 km · Cardiff (CWL), 98 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 138 km

Stations

Blandford Forum railway station, 3.4 km · Stourpaine and Durweston railway station, 700 m

• Bristol → Durweston

  70 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £8–11
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• Cardiff → Durweston

  95 km · quickest by road, 3h · £14–19
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• London → Durweston

  3 km · quickest by road, 17 min · £0.5
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