Getting here
50.95216, -2.19295
Best for
3 activitiesDog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Cycling
Varies65%Named cycling route nearby: North Dorset Cycle Way
Heritage
Free55%Religious grounds — local heritage
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
5
5 named nearby
Named route
🚴
Cycling
28
28 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
1
1 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Fontmell Down walk, Fontmell and Melbury Downs · Walking1.6 km
Route 25 · Cycling0
National Byway · Cycling0
North Dorset Trailway · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this religious grounds
St Andrew's Church is a religious grounds.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
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Parking
1 nearby · 205m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦RANSTONHistoric site4.9 km→✦Cross dyke 480m and 690m NNW of Fontmell Hill HouseHistoric site2.3 km→✦Melbury Beacon and circular enclosure on Melbury HillHistoric site2.8 km→✦Cross dyke and linear boundary on Melbury Hill and Compton DownHistoric site3 km→✦Hambledon HillHistoric site4.8 km→✦Hambledon Hill campHistoric site4.8 km→