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Photo of Cerne Abbas Giant, a hill figure in Dorset, south west England.

Cerne Abbas Giant© Brian Deegan / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Maiden Newton StationMaiden Newton

Maiden Newton Station sits inside the Dorset National Landscape. 44 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

0.4 km SW · spans 10 counties

Photo of Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, a restaurant near Evershot, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Summer Lodge Country House Hotel

Restaurant · With rooms near Evershot

A Georgian country-house hotel in a quiet Dorset village in Hardy country.

6.9 km N

Photo of The Acorn Inn, a pub near Evershot, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

The Acorn Inn

Pub · With rooms near Evershot

16th-century coaching inn with rooms in the Hardy-country village of Evershot.

7 km N

Photo of Cerne Abbas Giant, a hill figure in Dorset, south west England.Iconic

Cerne Abbas Giant

Hill figure near Cerne Abbas

Britain's largest chalk giant — a 55-metre club-wielding figure on the hill above Cerne Abbas, of much-argued age.

7.6 km NE

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

Cerne Abbas

Village

A handsome village of timbered and thatched houses by the River Cerne, abbey remains and a chalk hill giant looming above.

7.6 km NE · Dorset

Photo of Mapperton Gardens, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Beaminster, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Mapperton Gardens

House & garden near Beaminster

An Italianate 1920s garden of fountains and topiary below a Jacobean manor.

9.7 km W

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

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.

0.1 km NW · Wiltshire, Dorset & Devon

Photo along the Jubilee Trail, a 90-mile long-distance path running from Forde Abbey to Bokerley Dyke, south west England.

Jubilee Trail

Long-distance path

Border to border across Dorset, Forde Abbey to Bokerley Dyke, laid out by Ramblers volunteers for their diamond jubilee in 1995.

2.6 km SW · Dorset

Photo of the River Frome, a 31-mile river running from Evershot to Poole, south west England.

River Frome

River

A Dorset chalk river running through water meadows past Dorchester and Wareham to Poole Harbour.

3.5 km SE · Dorset

Photo of Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Burton Bradstock, Dorset, south west England.

Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm

SSSI near Burton Bradstock

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset.

5.7 km W

Nine Stones (Dorset)

Stone circle near Abbotsbury

The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas

7.6 km S

Evershot

Village

A small West Dorset village of stone cottages high above the Frome springs, threaded through Thomas Hardy's Wessex novels.

7.7 km NW · Dorset

Photo of The Marquis of Lorne, a pub near Nettlecombe, Dorset, south west England.

The Marquis of Lorne

Pub near Nettlecombe

A 16th-century country pub in a remote West Dorset hamlet below Eggardon Hill, with characterful rooms and good walking from the door.

8.5 km W

Photo of Minterne Gardens, a garden near Minterne Magna, Dorset, south west England.

Minterne Gardens

Garden near Minterne Magna

A wild Himalayan-style valley garden of rhododendrons, magnolias, streams and cascades wrapped around a lake below the Churchill family's house.

8.7 km NE

Photo of Valley of Stones, a National Nature Reserve near Abbotsbury, Dorset, south west England.

Valley of Stones

National Nature Reserve near Abbotsbury

A National Nature Reserve in Dorset.

9.2 km S

Everything else within 10 km (29) — 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.