Gore Hill

Gore Hill is a locality in Up Cerne, West Dorset District, England. Gore Hill is situated nearby to the locality Batcombe Down, as well as near Telegraph Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cerne Abbas Giant and Church of St Nicholas.

Cerne Abbas Giant

The Cerne Abbas Giant, or Cerne Giant, is a hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas, in Dorset, England. It is currently owned by the National Trust, and listed as a scheduled monument of England. Cerne Abbas Giant is situated 2½ miles southeast of Gore Hill.

Church of St Nicholas

Church

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parish Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Up Cerne and Up Sydling.

Up Cerne

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Up Cerne is a hamlet lying to the west of the River Cerne, between Minterne Magna and Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. It was the birthplace of John Mount Batten.

Up Sydling

Hamlet

Up Sydling is a hamlet in west Dorset, England. It is situated at the head of Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome, ten miles north of Dorchester. The hamlet is in the parish of Sydling St Nicholas, about a mile north of the village. Up Sydling is situated 1½ miles southwest of Gore Hill.

Cosmore

Hamlet

Cosmore is a hamlet in Dorset, situated just off the main A352 Sherborne-Dorchester road. It sits at the foot of Dogbury Hill, one of Dorset's highest points. Cosmore is situated 2½ miles northeast of Gore Hill.

Gore Hill

Type: Locality
Location: Up Cerne, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.83227° or 50° 49′ 56″ north

Longitude

-2.51714° or 2° 31′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C2VRFJM+W4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4707473247

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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