Ali’s SpringHillDorset guidebook

Alison
Ali’s SpringHillDorset guidebook

Food scene

The Crown at Marnhull- our great local pub, good food! and only a four minute drive up the road. Recommended!
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The Crown
Crown Road
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The Crown at Marnhull- our great local pub, good food! and only a four minute drive up the road. Recommended!
If you take an energetic stroll up picturesque Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, this is the popular independent cafe with the amazing view down the Hill and across the Blackmore Vale! It can also be approached town-side. Great lunches, good menu with specials, morning coffees and afternoon teas.
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The Salt Cellar
2-4 Gold Hill
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If you take an energetic stroll up picturesque Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, this is the popular independent cafe with the amazing view down the Hill and across the Blackmore Vale! It can also be approached town-side. Great lunches, good menu with specials, morning coffees and afternoon teas.
Fine dining in a relaxed restaurant, good food with some local specials. A great bar where you can also have coffees teas and cakes; dogs welcome in the bar area.
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The Grosvenor Arms
High Street
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Fine dining in a relaxed restaurant, good food with some local specials. A great bar where you can also have coffees teas and cakes; dogs welcome in the bar area.
Lively welcoming pub on Shaftesbury High Street, with good food and amazing views from the terraces. Well worth a visit
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Mitre
23 High St
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Lively welcoming pub on Shaftesbury High Street, with good food and amazing views from the terraces. Well worth a visit
Fabulous local farm cafe, in the beautiful Blackmore Vale..delicious local food and a friendly welcome! a 10 mins car drive, 20 mins cycle from Spring Hill -highly recommended 🥰
Thyme After Time Café
Thornhill Road
Fabulous local farm cafe, in the beautiful Blackmore Vale..delicious local food and a friendly welcome! a 10 mins car drive, 20 mins cycle from Spring Hill -highly recommended 🥰
Our local cafe in Shaftesbury, right in the lively centre and across from Gold Hill. Great people, fab teas and very good lunches, highly recommended
King Alfred's Kitchen
Our local cafe in Shaftesbury, right in the lively centre and across from Gold Hill. Great people, fab teas and very good lunches, highly recommended

Sightseeing

The ancient historical Shaftesbury Abbey ruin, now a free visitor centre, with lots of interesting exhibits and you can sit out inside the abbey ruin with a coffee or an ice cream- a very peaceful, interesting place!
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Shaftesbury Abbey Museum & Garden
Park Walk
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The ancient historical Shaftesbury Abbey ruin, now a free visitor centre, with lots of interesting exhibits and you can sit out inside the abbey ruin with a coffee or an ice cream- a very peaceful, interesting place!
Our very own open air lido in Shaftesbury, you can book in advance online, and the water is warm! 😄
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Shaftesbury Oasis Swimming Pool
Barton Hill
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Our very own open air lido in Shaftesbury, you can book in advance online, and the water is warm! 😄
Our local National Trust property, very popular..A beautiful 18th c landscaped garden, lake and temples etc. -a great day out.
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Stourhead House The National Trust
High Street
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Our local National Trust property, very popular..A beautiful 18th c landscaped garden, lake and temples etc. -a great day out.
A busy private airfield four miles south of Shaftesbury. Cafe, stunning views, lots of aviation goings on!
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Compton Abbas Airfield
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A busy private airfield four miles south of Shaftesbury. Cafe, stunning views, lots of aviation goings on!
The most stunning views all around from this neolithic hill fort, where the buzzards soar. It's managed by the National Trust, with free access. Great walking and riding, Take a picnic and spend hours exploring..
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Hambledon Hill
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The most stunning views all around from this neolithic hill fort, where the buzzards soar. It's managed by the National Trust, with free access. Great walking and riding, Take a picnic and spend hours exploring..
Stunning World Heritage coastline, just 45 minutes due south of us. Great for a day out, with a coast path walk to nearby Durdle Door. Lulworth's a picturesque seaside village: cafes with locally caught crab sandwiches, kayak hire, all the beautiful Jurassic coast to enjoy!
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Enseada de Lulworth
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Stunning World Heritage coastline, just 45 minutes due south of us. Great for a day out, with a coast path walk to nearby Durdle Door. Lulworth's a picturesque seaside village: cafes with locally caught crab sandwiches, kayak hire, all the beautiful Jurassic coast to enjoy!