Sixpenny Handley
Sixpenny Handley or Handley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in north east Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase ten miles north east of Blandford Forum.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Church of St Mary.
Garston Wood
Nature reserve
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garston Wood is a 34-hectare woodland nature reserve in Cranborne Chase, Dorset, England, near the boundary with Wiltshire. It is at grid reference SU004190, around 15 km SE of Shaftesbury and around 3 km north of the village of Sixpenny Handley, owned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to protect species living in the region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gussage St Michael and Pentridge.
Gussage St Michael
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gussage Saint Michael is a small village in Dorset, in the south of England. At the 2001 census, the village had a population of 219. Gussage St Michael is tucked off the main A354 as it runs through the Cranborne Chase, ten miles from Blandford Forum and fourteen miles from Salisbury. Gussage St Michael is situated 3 miles south of Sixpenny Handley.
Pentridge
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pentridge is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England, lying in the north-east of the county. Pentridge is situated 3½ miles east of Sixpenny Handley.
Sixpenny Handley
- Type: Locality
- Location: East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9466° or 50° 56′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.0245° or 2° 1′ 28″ westElevation
308 feet (94 metres)Open location code
9C2VWXWG+M6GeoNames ID
7291556
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