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Photo of The Queens Arms, a gastropub near Corton Denham, Somerset, south west England.

The Queens Arms© Ian Capper / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Templecombe StationTemplecombe

24 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

2.1 km NW · spans 14 counties

Photo of The Queens Arms, a gastropub near Corton Denham, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

The Queens Arms

Gastropub · With rooms near Corton Denham

Remote Somerset/Dorset border village inn with rooms, picked by olive and Mr & Mrs Smith.

7.2 km W

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.

7.8 km W · spans 10 counties

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

8.7 km NE

Photo of Sherborne Abbey, an abbey in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Sherborne Abbey

Abbey near Sherborne

Fan-vaulted abbey church in a golden-stone town.

9.2 km SW

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

Sherborne

Village

A mellow ochre-stone market town built around its great fan-vaulted abbey, with two castles and elegant medieval streets.

9.2 km SW · Dorset

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The Newt in Somerset

Garden near Hadspen

Lavish estate garden at Hadspen near Bruton, with a walled parabola apple maze, cascade, deer park and a treetop walkway among the woods.

9.8 km NW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

The Clockspire

Restaurant near Milborne Port

Fine dining in a converted Victorian schoolhouse near Sherborne.

6.2 km SW

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.

7.4 km E · Dorset & Wiltshire

Photo of Sherborne Castle Gardens, a Grade I registered house & garden in Dorset, south west England.

Sherborne Castle Gardens

House & garden near Sherborne

A house built by Sir Walter Raleigh, with a Capability Brown lake.

7.7 km SW

English Oak Vineyard

Vineyard near Alweston

A family vineyard offering booked tours and informal cellar-door tastings from Wednesday to Sunday in the Dorset countryside.

9.4 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (13) — 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.