Visit Hammoon Places

Welcome to Visit Hammoon Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hammoon

  

Hammoon Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hammoon

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Hammoon history

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In 1086 in the Domesday Book Hammoon was recorded as Hame; it had 15 households, 4 ploughlands and 50 acres (20 hectares) of meadow. The Church of England parish church of St Paul dates probably from the late 12th or early 13th century. The parish was the first incumbency of the academic and clergyman Humphrey Gower (1638–1711), who later went on to become Master of Jesus College, Cambridge. Near St. Paul’s is the thatched and mullioned manor house which dates from the 16th century and which Sir Frederick Treves described in 1906 as “the most picturesque of its kind”

Hammoon geography / climate

Hammoon parish covers an area of 690 acres (280 hectares) at an elevation of about 41 to 65 metres (135 to 213 feet) The highest land is on Kimmeridge clay in the south. Beside the Stour at Hammoon Bridge is an ox-bow lake.

You can visit Hammoon places with Walkfo Hammoon to hear history at Hammoon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hammoon has 22 places to visit in our interactive Hammoon 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 Hammoon, 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 Hammoon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hammoon & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Hammoon places in an interactive Hammoon map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hammoon Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Hammoon historic spots	Hammoon tourist destinations	Hammoon plaques	Hammoon geographic features
Walkfo Hammoon tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hammoon

  

Best Hammoon places to visit

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

St Luke’s Church, West Orchard St Luke’s Church is a Church of England church in West Orchard, Dorset. Most of the church dates to a rebuild of 1876–77 to the designs of Thomas Henry Wyatt. The chancel is 15th-century and the church is 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.

Sturminster Newton Castle Sturminster Newton Castle is a site consisting of the remains of a medieval manor house within an Iron Age hillfort. The ruins are privately owned.

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