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Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

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Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset of 3 km². It is one of 124 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is among the largest in the county.

Higher Houghton and Lyscombe and Highdon are among the SSSIs within 9.1 km. The closest station is Sherborne, about 8.5 km to the north-west.

More places to visit near Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors

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

4.2 km SE

Photo of Sturminster Newton, a village in Dorset, south west England.

Sturminster Newton

Village

A small market town in the heart of the Blackmore Vale, joined to Sturminster by a medieval bridge and old working watermill on the Stour.

5.3 km NE · Dorset

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.

6.8 km SE · Wiltshire, Dorset & Devon

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.

9.3 km NW

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.

10.1 km W · spans 10 counties

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.

11.1 km NW