The Merit Centre
The Merit Centre is a school building in Sherborne, West Dorset District, England. The Merit Centre is situated nearby to Sherborne School for Girls, as well as near the sports venue Oxley Sports Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherborne School for Girls and Sherborne Abbey.
Sherborne School for Girls
School
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Sherborne Girls, formally known as Sherborne School for Girls, is an independent day and boarding school for girls, located in Sherborne, North Dorset, England. Sherborne School for Girls is situated 380 feet southwest of The Merit Centre.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
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Sherborne Abbey, otherwise the Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Sherborne in the English county of Dorset. It was formerly a Saxon Catholic cathedral and a Benedictine abbey church, before becoming a Church of England parish church in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries. Sherborne Abbey is situated 2,100 feet east of The Merit Centre.
Sherborne Museum
Museum
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Sherborne Museum is an independent, community-run museum located in the centre of Sherborne, Dorset. It is housed in the Abbey Gatehouse, a Grade II listed building situated on Church Lane, a pedestrianised thoroughfare connecting the town's market place with Sherborne Abbey. Sherborne Museum is situated 2,300 feet east of The Merit Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleton and Longburton.
Castleton
Village
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Castleton is a civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The parish virtually encircles the town of Sherborne, and contains within its boundary both Sherborne Castle and Sherborne Old Castle.
Longburton
Village
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Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone, at the western end of Blackmore Vale. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 524. Longburton is situated 2½ miles southeast of The Merit Centre.
Poyntington
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Poyntington is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in South West England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale about 2 miles north of Sherborne. Poyntington is situated 2½ miles northeast of The Merit Centre.
The Merit Centre
- Type: School building
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Sherborne, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94833° or 50° 56′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.52533° or 2° 31′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C2VWFXF+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1283364851OpenStreetMap feature
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