Semley
Semley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Shaftesbury in neighbouring Dorset.
Semley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Shaftesbury in neighbouring Dorset. The hamlet of Sem Hill lies about a quarter of a mile west of the village. In 1961 the parish had a population of 477.
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Worth seeing in and around Semley
5 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.
- 01New Wardour Castle
New Wardour Castle is a Grade I listed English country house at Wardour, near Tisbury in Wiltshire, built for the Arundell family. The house is of Palladian style, designed by the architect James Paine, with additions by Giacomo Quarenghi, who was a principal architect of the Imperial Russian capital city, Saint Petersburg.
3.7 km · Grade I listed country house in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Shute House
Shute House, Donhead St Mary, Wiltshire, England is a former rectory, now a private home, notable for its gardens designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe. About 2+1⁄2 miles east of Shaftesbury, the house and garden are at the very southern edge of Wiltshire, on the border with Dorset.
2.7 km · house in Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03East Knoyle War Memorial
The East Knoyle War Memorial is a monument that commemorates the lives of soldiers from East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, who were killed in war. Unveiled on 26 September 1920, it was erected to commemorate 20 soldiers from the parish who died during the First World War.
3.8 km · War memorial in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Pythouse
Pythouse, sometimes spelled Pyt House and pronounced pit-house, is a country house in southwest Wiltshire, in the west of England. It is about 2+1⁄2 miles west of the village of Tisbury.
2.3 km · building in West Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of St Mary
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England.
3.8 km · church in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Semley
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 54 km · Cardiff (CWL), 92 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 127 km
- Stations
- Semley railway station, 1.8 km
- Bristol → Semley55 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £6–8
- Cardiff → Semley86 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £12–16
- London → Semley150 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · £16–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Semley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Semley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Semley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Semley
Semley is 55 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Donhead St Andrewvillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Sedgehill and Semleycivil parish in Wiltshire, United Kingdom1.1 km
- West Tisburycivil parish in Wiltshire, England3.3 km
- Sedgehillvillage in Wiltshire, United Kingdom3.2 km