Duncliffe Hill
At 210 metres, Duncliffe Hill is one of the highest hills in the Blackmore Vale region in the county of Dorset, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Stour Row and Shaftesbury Abbey.
All Saints’ Church, Stour Row
Church
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All Saints' Church is a former Church of England church in Stour Row, Dorset, England. The church, a Grade II listed building, was designed by John Hicks and built in 1867. The church formed part of the Stour Vale Benefice and was closed in 2015.
Shaftesbury Abbey
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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.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in East Stour, Dorset, England. The church, a Grade II listed building, was designed by George Alexander and built in 1841–42. Today the church forms part of the Stour Vale Benefice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duncliffe Wood and Stour Row.
Duncliffe Wood
Locality
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Duncliffe Wood is an ancient woodland on the summit of Duncliffe Hill, a few miles west of Shaftesbury. The area of the site is 92.16 hectares, making it one of the largest ancient woodlands in North Dorset.
Stour Row
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stour Row is a village in north Dorset, England, situated beside Duncliffe Hill three miles southwest of Shaftesbury. It lies within the parish of the neighbouring village of Stour Provost.
Shaftesbury
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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.
Duncliffe Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 689 feet
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Motcombe, North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00252° or 51° 0′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.24942° or 2° 14′ 58″ westElevation
689 feet (210 metres)Open location code
9C3V2Q32+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 518191515OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Duncliffe Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Duncliffe Hill”
- Ladin: “Duncliffe Hill”
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