Shaftesbury School Playing Fields
Shaftesbury School Playing Fields is a recreation area in Shaftesbury, North Dorset District, England. Shaftesbury School Playing Fields is situated nearby to the forest Wilderness, as well as near Half Moon Public House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shaftesbury School and Shaftesbury Abbey.
Shaftesbury School
School
Shaftesbury School is a coeducational secondary day school located in Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset. It is a descendant of the former Shaftesbury High School for Girls and Shaftesbury Grammar School. Shaftesbury School is situated 800 feet north of Shaftesbury School Playing Fields.
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 2,700 feet northwest of Shaftesbury School Playing Fields.
Shaftesbury Town Hall
Town hall
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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 Town Hall is situated 2,600 feet northwest of Shaftesbury School Playing Fields.
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
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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 1½ miles southeast of Shaftesbury School Playing Fields.
Compton Abbas
Village
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Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies 3 miles south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk downs of Cranborne Chase. Compton Abbas is situated 2½ miles south of Shaftesbury School Playing Fields.
Shaftesbury School Playing Fields
- Type: Recreation area
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Shaftesbury, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00035° or 51° 0′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.18971° or 2° 11′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C3V2R26+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 120912835OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_ground
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