English Heritage sites near Charminster Parish
MAIDEN CASTLE
3 miles from Charminster Parish
Among the largest and most complex of Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle’s huge multiple ramparts enclose an area the size of 50 football pitches and once protected hundreds of residents.
THE NINE STONES
5 miles from Charminster Parish
Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.
WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS
6 miles from Charminster Parish
A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.
KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE
7 miles from Charminster Parish
A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.
JORDAN HILL ROMAN TEMPLE
7 miles from Charminster Parish
The foundations of a 4th century Romano-Celtic temple with fine coastal views.
ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS
8 miles from Charminster Parish
Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.
Churches in Charminster Parish
Charminster: St Mary the Virgin
East Hill - West Hill
Charminster
Dorchester
01305 263761
https://www.stmarys-charminster.org.uk
Whether you are browsing for information about the church, looking for a place to worship or seeking information for a baptism or wedding welcome to the website for St Mary the Virgin, Charminster near Dorchester. We are a rural church a few miles outside of Dorchester, serving Charminster, Charlton Down & Forston. We meet in a beautiful 11th Century church in the heart of Charminster and you will be most welcome to join us on a Sunday. A loo and servery enable us to provide hospitality with Coffee & Tea at the end of the service. We have disabled access, a hearing loop system and baby changing facilities.
For further details please go to our website www.stmarys-charminster.org.uk
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Pubs in Charminster Parish
Gamekeeper
16 North Street, Charminster, DT2 9QZ
(01305) 459349
the-gamekeeper.co.uk/
Sun Inn
Lower Burton, Lower Burton, DT2 7RZ
(01305) 250445
sun-inn-dorchester.co.uk
Three Compasses
The Square, Charminster, DT2 9QT
(01305) 263618
thethreecompassescharminster.co.uk/
Wolfedale Golf Course
Charminster, Maiden Newton, DT2 7SG
wolfedalegolf-dorset.co.uk/