Moors River System

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Moors River System is one of 124 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset. It is among the largest in the county. It lies within Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.

For more of the same, Lions Hill and Ebblake Bog are close by. The closest station is Pokesdown, about 3.1 km to the south.

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