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Sturminster Castle

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Sturminster Castle is one of 16 castles the Albion Guide maps in Dorset. The closest station is Templecombe, 11.8 km to the north-west. The nearest other castle is Fortified house at Castle Hill, 11.8 km to the north-east.

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More places to visit near Sturminster Castle

Photo of Sturminster Newton, a village in Dorset, south west England.

Sturminster Newton

Village

A small market town in the heart of the Blackmore Vale, joined to Sturminster by a medieval bridge and old working watermill on the Stour.

0.7 km N · Dorset

Photo of Fiddleford Manor, a house near Sturminster Newton, Dorset, south west England.

Fiddleford Manor

House near Sturminster Newton

Hall and two-storey solar of a 14th-century stone manor by the River Stour near Sturminster Newton, under elaborate oak roofs with cusped wind-braces.

1.7 km E

Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorset National Landscape

National Landscape near Dorchester

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

3.4 km SE

Photo along the Wessex Ridgeway, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Marlborough to Lyme Regis, south west England.

Wessex Ridgeway

Long-distance path

The prehistoric chalk line continued — from Marlborough across Salisbury Plain and Cranborne Chase to the sea at Lyme Regis.

5 km SE · Wiltshire, Dorset & Devon

Photo of Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs

National Landscape near Tisbury

Big chalk downland and old hunting country, with some of the darkest night skies in southern England

7.9 km E

Photo of Milton Abbas, a village in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Milton Abbas

Village

An 18th-century model village of near-identical white thatched cottages set in pairs up a single curving street below the wooded downs.

11.4 km S · Dorset