Shaftesbury Town Hall
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.Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town hall
- Description: town hall in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Town Hall”
- Address: High Street, SP7 8JE
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Shaftesbury Abbey is situated 360 feet west of Shaftesbury Town Hall.
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. Westminster Memorial Hospital is situated 770 feet southwest of Shaftesbury Town Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaftesbury and Melbury Abbas.
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.
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 2 miles southeast of Shaftesbury Town Hall.
Duncliffe Wood
Locality
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Duncliffe Wood is situated 2½ miles west of Shaftesbury Town Hall.
Shaftesbury Town Hall
- Categories: city hall and government building
- Location: Shaftesbury, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00564° or 51° 0′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.1971° or 2° 11′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C3V2R43+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 2549223488OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=townhallWikidata ID
Q26402490
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In Other Languages
“Shaftesbury Town Hall” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “בית העירייה של שפטסברי”
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