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Woolcombe

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Woolcombe is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, covering 0.18 km². It is one of 124 SSSIs in the county. It lies within Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

Maiden Newton Station is about 4.4 km away to the north-east. For more of the same, Eggardon Hill & Luccas Farm and Powerstock Common and Wytherston Farm are close by.

More places to visit near Woolcombe

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 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.

4.1 km E · spans 10 counties

Photo of Mapperton Gardens, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Beaminster, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Mapperton Gardens

House & garden near Beaminster

An Italianate 1920s garden of fountains and topiary below a Jacobean manor.

6.4 km NW

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.

8 km W · spans 14 counties

Photo of Summer Lodge Country House Hotel, a restaurant near Evershot, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Summer Lodge Country House Hotel

Restaurant · With rooms near Evershot

A Georgian country-house hotel in a quiet Dorset village in Hardy country.

8.7 km N

Photo of The Acorn Inn, a pub near Evershot, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

The Acorn Inn

Pub · With rooms near Evershot

16th-century coaching inn with rooms in the Hardy-country village of Evershot.

8.8 km N