Payne’s Down
Payne's Down is a prominent hill, 211 metres high, some 10 kilometres east-northeast of Axminster and 1 kilometre northwest of Birdsmoorgate, in the county of Dorset in southern England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Church of St Stephen.
St Mary’s Church
Church
St Mary's Church is a Church of England church in Marshwood, Dorset, England. The earliest part of the church is the tower, which dates to 1840, while the rest of the building dates to a rebuild of 1883–84.
The Bottle Inn
Pub
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bottle Inn is a 16th-century public house at Marshwood in Dorset, England which hosts the World Nettle Eating Championship. It is Grade II listed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marshwood and Bettiscombe.
Marshwood
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marshwood is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the northern edge of the Marshwood Vale approximately 5.5 miles northeast of Lyme Regis.
Bettiscombe
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bettiscombe is a small village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale four miles west of Beaminster. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 50.
Blackdown
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackdown is a village in Broadwindsor parish in the west of Dorset, England, situated on the B3165 road 7 miles west of Beaminster. It had a population of 128 at the 2001 Census.
Payne’s Down
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 692 feet
- Description: 211m high hill in Thorncombe, Dorset, England, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Thorncombe, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Payne’s Down” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Payne’s Down”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پاينيس دون”
- Ladin: “Payne’s Down”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Birdsmoorgate and Marshalsea.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thorncombe and Lambert’s Castle Hill.
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