Recreation Field

Recreation Field is a recreation area in Motcombe, North Dorset District, England. Recreation Field is situated nearby to the community center Motcombe Memorial Hall, as well as near Church of St Mary.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Mary and Port Regis School.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 860 feet southwest of Recreation Field.

Port Regis School is a co-educational preparatory school located in 140 acres of parkland on the Dorset-Wiltshire border in southern England, situated between the towns of Shaftesbury and Gillingham. Port Regis School is situated 3,100 feet south of Recreation Field.

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 1½ miles southeast of Recreation Field.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shaftesbury and Sedgehill.

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.

Sedgehill

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sedgehill is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in the southwest of the county of Wiltshire, England. It lies to the west of the A350 primary route, about 3+1⁄4 miles north of Shaftesbury, Dorset. Sedgehill is situated 2 miles northeast of Recreation Field.

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 southwest of Recreation Field.

Recreation Field

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Motcombe, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.02774° or 51° 1′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.21359° or 2° 12′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C3V2QHP+3H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 120412569

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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