Abbey Close
Abbey Close is a park in Sherborne, West Dorset District, England which is located on Half Moon Street. Abbey Close is situated nearby to the archaeological site Church of All Hallows, as well as near the church Sherborne Abbey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sherborne Abbey and Sherborne Museum.
Sherborne Abbey
Church
Photo: Isis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Museum
Museum
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Sherborne Museum is an independent local museum centrally situated in Sherborne, a small market town in north-west Dorset. Formerly a Saxon burgh, Sherborne evolved through the cloth, gloving and silk industries and is embedded in varied countryside united by scarps of Jurassic limestone.
The Conduit
Historic building
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The Conduit is a historic building, which is situated 370 feet northeast of Abbey Close.
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
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2011 census, it had a population of 470. Longburton is situated 2 miles south of Abbey Close.
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 2 miles southeast of Abbey Close.
Abbey Close
- Type: Park
- Address: Half Moon Street, Sherborne
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Sherborne, West Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.94644° or 50° 56′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.51687° or 2° 31′ 1″ westOperator
Sherborne Town CouncilOpen location code
9C2VWFWM+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 453260086OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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