Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm

Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm is a church in Sherborne, West Dorset District, England which is located on Westbury. Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm is situated nearby to River Yeo, as well as near the pub The Digby Tap Inn.

Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Address: Westbury, Sherborne

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherborne Abbey and Sherborne railway station.

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 Abbey is situated 1,100 feet north of Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm.

Sherborne railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 1,200 feet east of Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm.

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 1,200 feet northeast of Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm.

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

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 2021 census, it had a population of 524. Longburton is situated 2 miles south of Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm.

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 Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm.

Church of The Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Sherborne, West Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.94378° or 50° 56′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.51809° or 2° 31′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C2VWFVJ+GQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 515893170

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

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