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Pre-Conquest monastery

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Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Pre-Conquest monastery is a monastic site in Dorset. It is the only monastic site the Albion Guide lists in the county. The nearest railway station is Christchurch, 1 km to the north-west.

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More places to visit near Pre-Conquest monastery

Photo of Christchurch Priory, a church in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Christchurch Priory

Church near Christchurch

One of England's longest parish churches, a Norman and Gothic former priory near the harbour, with its legend of the miraculous beam.

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Photo of Christchurch Castle and Norman House, a ruined castle near Bournemouth, Dorset, south west England.

Christchurch Castle and Norman House

Castle near Bournemouth

Ruined keep on its mound and a 12th-century stone hall beside the mill stream in Christchurch, with one of England's few surviving Norman chimneys.

0.1 km NE

Photo of the New Forest, a National Park in England.Iconic

New Forest

National Park near Lyndhurst

Ancient wood pasture and heathland where commoners' ponies still roam free.

4.1 km NE

Photo of Compton Acres, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bournemouth, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Compton Acres

House & garden near Bournemouth

Ten acres of 1920s themed gardens, Italian and Japanese, above Poole Harbour.

11.1 km W

Photo of Burley, a village in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.

Burley

Village

Free-roaming ponies and witchcraft lore.

11.8 km NE · Hampshire

Photo of the Purbeck Heritage Coast, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Purbeck

Heritage Coast near Wareham

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

12.3 km SW