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

New ForestPhoto Neil Cooper / Unsplash

Places to explore near Pokesdown StationPokesdown

48 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 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.

3.6 km E

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.

6.9 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.

7.6 km W

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

9.2 km SW

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

9.7 km W

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.

1.5 km NE · Dorset & Wiltshire

Photo of Christchurch Harbour, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Bournemouth, Dorset, south west England.

Christchurch Harbour

SSSI near Bournemouth

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset.

3.3 km E

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.

3.6 km E

Photo of Avon Heath Country Park, a country park near Burley, Dorset, south west England.

Avon Heath Country Park

Country park near Burley

A country park in Dorset.

8.6 km N

MacPenny's Woodland Garden

Garden near Bransgore

Free four-acre woodland garden by an old nursery.

8.6 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (38) — 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.