Whitchurch Canonicorum

Worth seeing in and around Whitchurch Canonicorum

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
   Golden Cap

   Golden Cap is a hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. At 191 metres, it is the highest point within a mile of the south coast of Great Britain from the coastline) and is visible for tens of miles along the coastline.

   3.3 km · hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church of St Candida and Holy Cross, Whitchurch Canonicorum

   The Church of St Candida and Holy Cross is an Anglican church in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England. A Saxon church stood on the site but nothing remains of that structure.

   100 m · Grade I listed church in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Marshwood Castle

   Marshwood Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle in Marshwood, Dorset, within the Vale of Marshwood. It was built by William de Mandeville following his elevation to Baron Marshwood in 1205 by King John, and is first recorded as a built castle in 1215.

   2.5 km · castle in Marshwood, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Coney's Castle

   Coney's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, England. The name Coney is from the Old English for rabbit, suggesting medieval use as a domestic warren, as at nearby Pilsdon Pen.

   3.3 km · Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Parish Church (St Mary)

   St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Catherston Leweston, Dorset, England. It was designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built in 1857–58.

   2.8 km · church in Catherston Leweston, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre

   The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre is based in the upstairs floor of a long-disused cement factory on the foreshore of Charmouth in Dorset, England. The centre operates as an independent registered charity within the larger framework of the UNESCO Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site, known as the "Jurassic Coast".

   3.9 km · heritage centre in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Whitchurch Canonicorum

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Bristol (BRS), 70 km · Cardiff (CWL), 79 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 185 km

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  80 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £11–14
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  84 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £15–20
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  208 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £22–29
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