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Photo of The Thimble Inn, a pub near Piddlehinton, Dorset, south west England.

© Mark Percy / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Thimble Inn

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The Thimble Inn is an 18th-century thatched pub at Piddlehinton, beside the little River Piddle north of Dorchester. Two gardens run down towards the water, and the kitchen keeps a steady country menu with well-kept local ales. A comfortable village local rather than a destination. Dorchester West station is roughly 8km south if you’re coming by train.

More places to visit near The Thimble Inn

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

Dorset National Landscape

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Dorchester

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

Photo along the Hardy Way, a 217-mile long-distance path running from Higher Bockhampton to Stinsford, south west England.Highlight

Hardy Way

Long-distance path

Around Thomas Hardy's Wessex from his birthplace cottage to the churchyard at Stinsford, via Corfe Castle and Lulworth Cove.

3.1 km SE · Dorset & Wiltshire

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.

6.3 km NW

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.

6.3 km NW · Dorset

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

Dorchester

Village

Dorset's county town of Roman origins, tree-lined walks on the old ramparts and streets thick with Thomas Hardy associations.

7.1 km S · Dorset

Photo of Tolpuddle Martyrs' Tree, an ancient site near Briantspuddle, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Tolpuddle Martyrs' Tree

Ancient site near Briantspuddle

The old sycamore on Tolpuddle's green where six farm workers met in 1834 and set the trade-union movement going

8.3 km E