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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Shillingstone

  

Shillingstone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shillingstone

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Shillingstone history

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Shillingstone features in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a settlement of 46 households. It once had the tallest maypole in Dorset – 86 feet (26 metres) high. In the first World War, it earned the title, “the bravest village in Britain”, because of the high proportion of residents who volunteered to join the armed forces.

You can visit Shillingstone places with Walkfo Shillingstone to hear history at Shillingstone’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shillingstone has 21 places to visit in our interactive Shillingstone map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Shillingstone, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Shillingstone places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shillingstone & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 21 audio facts unique to Shillingstone places in an interactive Shillingstone map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Shillingstone Places Map
21 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Shillingstone tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Shillingstone

  

Best Shillingstone places to visit

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Shillingstone has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shillingstone’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shillingstone’s information audio spots:

Banbury Hill Banbury Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort, about 1.25 miles (2.0 km) south of Sturminster Newton and 1.6 km north-west of the village of Okeford Fitzpaine in Dorset. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

North Dorset Railway North Dorset Railway is based at Shillingstone railway station on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The project’s present aim is to restore the current leased length of one quarter of a mile of 1,200 feet (370 m) single track mainline with a passing loop between the platforms. Double track has been laid through the station using 95 bullhead rail extending to the current northern and southern boundaries.

Hambledon Hill Hambledon Hill is a chalk outcrop on the southwestern corner of Cranborne Chase, separated from the Dorset Downs by the River Stour. It is owned by the National Trust and is situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum.

Ringmoor Ringmoor is an Iron Age/Romano-British farming settlement in Dorset. It lies on east-facing slopes of Bell Hill, on the Dorset Downs. The site is owned by the National Trust, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

St Aldhelm’s Church, Belchalwell St Aldhelm’s Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the village of Belchalwell, Dorset. The oldest parts of the church are of the 12th century; much of the building is of the 15th century.

Stepleton House Stepleton House is a 17th-century country house in the parish of Iwerne Stepleton in Dorset. Originally built around a courtyard, the house is now a six- by five-bay block with flanking pavilions. The main house dates from the 17th century. The grounds and the stable block are separately Grade II listed.

Girdlers Coppice Girdlers Coppice is a nature reserve of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. It is adjacent to the larger Piddles Wood to the south (across the A357) and bordered by the River Stour to the north. Access is across fields from the car park for Fiddleford Manor.

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