Gold Hill Museum
Gold Hill Museum is a museum in Shaftesbury, North Dorset District, England which is located on Gold Hill. Gold Hill Museum is situated nearby to St Peter’s Church, as well as near the pub The Mitre Inn.- Email: enquiries@goldhillmuseum.org.uk
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Gold Hill Museum and Gardens”
- Address: Gold Hill, SP7 8JW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shaftesbury Town Hall and Shaftesbury Abbey.
Shaftesbury Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 450 feet west of Gold Hill Museum.
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 Gold Hill Museum.
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 Gold Hill Museum.
Gold Hill Museum
- Categories: independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Shaftesbury, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00562° or 51° 0′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.19668° or 2° 11′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3V2R43+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 903656210OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q113096351
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