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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 469 feet
- Description: large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Hodd Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hanford School and Church of the Holy Trinity.
Hanford School
School
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hanford School is a girls' boarding preparatory school located in Hanford, Child Okeford, Dorset, England, established in 1947 and located in a grade II* listed house built in 1604 by Sir Robert Seymer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iwerne Courtney and Child Okeford.
Iwerne Courtney
Village
Photo: David Squire, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Iwerne Courtney, also known as Shroton, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies approximately 4 miles north-west of Blandford Forum.
Child Okeford
Village
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Child Okeford is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, 3 miles east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village.
Iwerne Minster
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Iwerne Minster is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, approximately midway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum.
Hod Hill
- Categories: partial contour fort and landform
- Location: Iwerne Stepleton, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.89608° or 50° 53′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.20706° or 2° 12′ 25″ westElevation
469 feet (143 metres)Open location code
9C2VVQWV+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 524333760OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hod Hill”. Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.