East Creech

Worth seeing in and around East Creech

10 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
   Purbeck Mining Museum

   The Purbeck Mining Museum was formed to preserve, record and interpret the historic extractive industries in ball clay mining in the Isle of Purbeck. The museum is located adjacent to Norden station on the Swanage Railway and is open on selected days from the end of March to early November on weekends, some weekdays and Bank Holidays from 11:00 to 16:00 - it is normally open every day during the school holidays.

   2.9 km · museum near Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Blue Pool

   Blue Pool is a flooded, disused clay pit where Purbeck ball clay was once extracted. It is now a lake within the Furzebrook Estate, a 25-acre park of heath woodland and gorse near Furzebrook on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset, southern England.

   1 km · lake in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   The Old Town Hall

   Corfe Castle Town Hall is a municipal building in West Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a museum, is a Grade II* listed building.

   3.2 km · architectural structure in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Mortons House Hotel

   Mortons House Hotel in Corfe Castle in Dorset, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England. It was built in 1590 and was the home of several notable families over the next four centuries; it is now a hotel.

   3.4 km · country house hotel in Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Hartland Moor

   Hartland Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the south side of Poole Harbour near the town of Wareham in Dorset, England. It consists of lowland heathland.

   3.4 km · park in Dorset, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Blashenwell Farm Pit

   Blashenwell Farm Pit is an 11.4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, United Kingdom, notified in 1954. It is of scientific interest because the tufa at the site provides a detailed record of molluscan biostratigraphy and environmental history during the early- and mid-Flandrian interglacial.

   3.1 km · geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Creech Barrow Hill

   Creech Barrow Hill is a steep, conical hill, 188.2 metres near the coast of Dorset, England, and the highest point of the Dorset Heaths. It has been described as "one of Dorset's most distinctive landmarks." Geologically, it is also the highest Cenozoic hill in England.

   500 m · hill in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Smedmore House

   Smedmore House is a country house near Kimmeridge, Dorset, in England. It was originally built by Sir William Clavell around 1620, partially rebuilt by Edward Clavell around 1700, and greatly augmented by George Clavell around 1760.

   3.7 km · country house in Kimmeridge, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Stonehill Down Nature Reserve

   The Stonehill Down Nature Reserve is a downland nature reserve on the Purbeck Hills in the county of Dorset, England. It is managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust.

   400 m · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Barnston Manor

    Barnston Manor is a 13th-century manor house and farm near Church Knowle in Dorset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building, and some farm buildings at the property are also Grade II listed.

    1 km · Grade I listed building in Church Knowle, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to East Creech

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 93 km · Cardiff (CWL), 121 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 146 km

Stations

Corfe Castle railway station, 3.4 km · Norden (England) railway station, 2.9 km

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  97 km · quickest by road, 3h · £11–14
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  168 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £18–24
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  120 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £17–22
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