Badbury Rings Parking
Badbury Rings Parking is a parking area in Shapwick, East Dorset District, England. Badbury Rings Parking is situated nearby to the archaeological site tumulus, as well as near the forest Locust Clump.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Badbury Rings and Philae obelisk.
Badbury Rings
Archaeological site
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Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England. It was in the territory of the Durotriges. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there was a Romano-British town known as Vindocladia a short distance to the south-west. Badbury Rings is situated 1,400 feet east of Badbury Rings Parking.
Philae obelisk
Obelisk
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Philae obelisk is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in Upper Egypt in the second century BC. It was discovered by William John Bankes in 1815, who had it brought to Kingston Lacy in Dorset, England, where it still stands today. Philae obelisk is situated 1½ miles southeast of Badbury Rings Parking.
Kingston Lacy
Manor estate
Photo: Vauxford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. It was for many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners, Sir John Bankes and Dame Mary, had remained loyal to Charles I. Kingston Lacy is situated 1½ miles southeast of Badbury Rings Parking.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarrant Rushton and Hinton Parva.
Tarrant Rushton
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarrant Rushton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. The village is situated in the Tarrant Valley about three miles east of Blandford Forum. Tarrant Rushton is situated 2 miles northwest of Badbury Rings Parking.
Hinton Parva
Village
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hinton Parva is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Hinton, in east Dorset, England, three miles north of Wimborne Minster. The parish had a population of 56 in 2001 and included the nearby village of Stanbridge. Hinton Parva is situated 2½ miles east of Badbury Rings Parking.
Witchampton
Village
Photo: Colin Foot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Witchampton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Allen 5 miles north of Wimborne Minster. The 2011 census recorded a population of 398. Witchampton is situated 3 miles northeast of Badbury Rings Parking.
Badbury Rings Parking
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: Shapwick, East Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.82707° or 50° 49′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.05846° or 2° 3′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C2VRWGR+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 198836304OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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