Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, 20 miles west of Salisbury and 23 miles north-northeast of Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shaftesbury Abbey and Westminster Memorial Hospital.
Shaftesbury Abbey
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It was founded in about 888, and dissolved in 1539 during the English Reformation by the order of Thomas Cromwell, minister to King Henry VIII.
Westminster Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Jonathan Hutchins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Westminster Memorial Hospital is a small community hospital in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. It provides about 20 in-patient beds, a minor injuries department, a range of out-patient clinics and other support services. It opened in 1874.
Shaftesbury Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shaftesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Shaftsbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gillingham and Melbury Abbas.
Gillingham
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillingham is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It lies on the B3095 and B3081 roads, approximately four miles south of the A303 trunk road and five miles northwest of Shaftesbury.
Melbury Abbas
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Melbury Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, 2 miles south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury. Melbury Abbas is situated 2½ miles southeast of Shaftesbury.
Shaftesbury
- Type: Locality
- Location: North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0075° or 51° 0′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.1977° or 2° 11′ 52″ westElevation
709 feet (216 metres)Open location code
9C3V2R52+2WGeoNames ID
7294988
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