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Photo of Stourhead, a Grade I registered house & garden near Stourton, Wiltshire, south west England.

StourheadPhoto Phil Ledwith / Pexels

Places to explore near Gillingham (Dorset) StationGillingham

27 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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

5.3 km E

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

5.6 km N · spans 14 counties

Photo of Shaftesbury, a village in Dorset, south west England.Iconic

Shaftesbury

Village

A hilltop Saxon town famous for Gold Hill, a steep cobbled lane of thatched cottages falling away over the Blackmore Vale.

6.2 km SE · Dorset

Photo of Stourhead, a Grade I registered house & garden near Stourton, Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Stourhead

House & garden near Stourton

Palladian landscape garden of lake and temples.

8.8 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Stour Valley Way, a 64-mile long-distance path running from Stourhead to Hengistbury Head, south west England.

Stour Valley Way

Long-distance path

Following the Dorset Stour from the lakes at Stourhead to the sea at Hengistbury Head, under a kingfisher waymark.

1.3 km W · Dorset & Wiltshire

Melbury Vale Vineyard

Vineyard near Cann

A small vineyard near Shaftesbury with tours, tastings and glamping among the vines below Cranborne Chase.

8.3 km SE

Stourton

Village

Estate village at the gates of Stourhead, with St Peter's church, a lakeside inn and the famous landscape garden on its doorstep.

8.5 km NW · Wiltshire

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.

9.3 km NE · Wiltshire, Dorset & Devon

Shute House Gardens

House & garden near Shaftesbury

Geoffrey Jellicoe's own favourite garden, the young River Nadder channelled into rills and splashing pools.

9.6 km E

Everything else within 10 km (18) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.