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Haynes International Motor Museum
The UK's largest collection of classic and vintage cars and motorcycles, with over 400 vehicles on display.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Sherborne
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Sherborne
Sherborne works well as a base: 10 minutes from Milborne Port, 26km from Glastonbury Abbey.
Sherborne is in England, United Kingdom, with about 9,500 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Milborne Port, about 4 km away.
Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Yeovil. The parish includes the hamlets of Nether Coombe and Lower Clatcombe. The A30 road, which connects London with Penzance, runs through the town. InRead more
the 2021 census the population of Sherborne was 10,361.
Sherborne's historic buildings include Sherborne Abbey, independent schools, its manor house and two castles: the ruins of a 12th-century fortified palace and the 16th-century mansion known as Sherborne Castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh. Much of the old town, including much of the abbey and many medieval and Georgian buildings, is built from distinctive honey-brown coloured Sherborne Stone.
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What is there to see near Sherborne?
Within an hour or so of Sherborne: Haynes International Motor Museum (11 km), Cerne Abbas Giant (15 km), Stourhead (22 km), Gold Hill, Shaftesbury (23 km).
Are there any good drives near Sherborne?
The nearest famous roads are Cheddar Gorge Road (B3135), Rhinefield Ornamental Drive and Porlock Hill.
Where is Sherborne?
Sherborne is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Milborne Port.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,523
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 50.9460, -2.5178
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Sherborne
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Cerne Abbas Giant
A 55 m chalk hill figure of a club-wielding naked man above a Dorset village, now dated to the late Saxon period.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Stourhead
One of the world's finest landscape gardens with a magnificent lake, classical temples and a stunning Palladian mansion in Wiltshire.
22 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
Gold Hill, Shaftesbury
Steep cobbled street lined with thatched cottages, plunging past the buttressed walls of Shaftesbury Abbey with views over Blackmore Vale. Made famous by Ridley Scott's 1973 Hovis bread advert.
23 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Stourhead (Pride and Prejudice proposal)
The Palladian bridge and Temple of Apollo in Stourhead's landscape garden host Darcy's rain-soaked first proposal in the 2005 film.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Glastonbury Tor
Mystical terraced hill crowned by St Michael's Tower, steeped in Arthurian and early Christian legends with panoramic Somerset views.
25 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Glastonbury Abbey
The ruins of one of England's wealthiest monasteries, linked by legend to Joseph of Arimathea and the graves of Arthur and Guinevere.
26 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Maiden Castle
One of the largest Iron Age hillforts in Europe, its multiple ramparts enclosing an area the size of 50 football pitches.
28 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Sherborne
- 33 kmGolden CapThe highest point on England's south coast at 191 m, its sandstone summit glowing gold above Charmouth and Lyme Bay.
- 41 kmCheddar Gorge Road (B3135)The B3135 threads the floor of England's largest gorge beneath 137m limestone cliffs, tight and dramatic but often busy with visitors and goats.
- 42 kmCheddar Gorge ViewpointEngland's largest gorge with 450-foot limestone cliffs, offering jaw-dropping views from several pull-off points along the winding road.
- 48 kmPortland BillThe southern tip of the Isle of Portland, marked by a red-and-white lighthouse above a fierce tidal race.
- 52 kmBallard DownThe chalk ridge above Swanage running out to Old Harry Rocks, with views over Poole Harbour and Studland Bay.
- 57 kmClifton Suspension BridgeIsambard Kingdom Brunel's iconic 1864 suspension bridge soaring 75m above the Avon Gorge at Bristol, still carrying traffic and glowing with lights after dark.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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