Skippers
Skippers is a pub in Sherborne, West Dorset District, England which is located on Horsecastles. Skippers is situated nearby to Sherborne Cemetery, as well as near the military installation Army Cadets.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherborne Abbey and Sherborne railway station.
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 2,000 feet northeast of Skippers.
Sherborne railway station
Railway station
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Sherborne railway station serves the town of Sherborne in Dorset, England. It is situated on the West of England Main Line, 118 miles 4 chains down the line from London Waterloo and is currently operated by South Western Railway. Sherborne railway station is situated 2,500 feet east of Skippers.
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 2,200 feet northeast of Skippers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleton and Longburton.
Castleton
Village
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2 miles southeast of Skippers.
Alweston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alweston is a village in Dorset, England, situated roughly 3.5 miles southeast of Sherborne. Historically it belonged to the Parish of Folke, in the Hundred of Sherborne. Alweston is situated 2½ miles southeast of Skippers.
Skippers
- Type: Pub
- Address: Horsecastles, Sherborne
- Category: building
- Location: Sherborne, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94365° or 50° 56′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.5237° or 2° 31′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C2VWFVG+FGOpenStreetMap ID
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