Oborne
Oborne is a locality in West Dorset District, Dorset, England. Oborne is situated nearby to the village Poyntington, as well as near the locality New Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Abbey.
Sherborne Castle
Castle
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Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset, England, within the parish of Castleton. Originally built by Sir Walter Raleigh as Sherborne Lodge, and extended in the 1620s, it stands in a 1,200-acre park which formed a small part of the 15,000-acre Digby estate.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
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Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries.
Sherborne House
Historic building
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Sherborne House is a Grade I listed building in Newland, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherborne and Poyntington.
Sherborne
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Sherborne is a small town in England. A market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset, it's sited on the River Yeo on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.
Poyntington
Village
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Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2 miles north of Sherborne.
Castleton
Village
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Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle.
Oborne
- Type: Locality
- Location: West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9665° or 50° 57′ 59″ northLongitude
-2.4988° or 2° 29′ 56″ westElevation
358 feet (109 metres)Open location code
9C2VXG82+HFGeoNames ID
7298414
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