Travels In Britain - Episode 4 - Shaftesbury, Dorset
In the fourth episode of Travels in Britain, we explore our favorite place in Britain, Shaftesbury Dorset. We take a look at what to see and do in the town, the local Stately Home at Stourhead, show you Updown Cottage and more!
Places to see in ( Shaftesbury - UK )
Places to see in ( Shaftesbury - UK )
Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. Shaftesbury is situated on the A30 road, 20 miles west of Salisbury, near to the border with Wiltshire.
Shaftesbury is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about 215 metres (705 ft) above sea level on a greensand hill on the edge of Cranborne Chase. The town of Shaftesbury looks over the Blackmore Vale, part of the River Stour basin. From different viewpoints, it is possible to see at least as far as Glastonbury Tor to the northwest.
Shaftesbury is the site of the former Shaftesbury Abbey, which was founded in 888 by King Alfred and became one of the richest religious establishments in the country, before being destroyed in the Dissolution in 1539. Adjacent to the abbey site is Gold Hill, the steep cobbled street made famous in the 1970s as the setting for Ridley Scott's television advertisement for Hovis bread.
The old centre of Shaftesbury is sited on a westward-pointing promontory of high ground in northeast Dorset, on the scarp edge of a range of hills that extend south and east into Cranborne Chase and neighbouring Wiltshire.
Geologically, Shaftesbury's hill mostly comprises Upper Greensand, which is overlain by Lower Chalk in the east. These date from the Cretaceous, with the greensand having been formed in the Albian and early Cenomanian, and the chalk also in the Cenomanian. The greensand is composed of three beds: the oldest and lowest is a layer of Cann Sand, which is found in the lower parts of the town, such as St James and Alcester, that are below the promontory; above this is a layer of Shaftesbury Sandstone, which generally forms the steepest slopes around the promontory, and on top of this is a layer of Boyne Hollow Chert, which is found on top of the hill and on which most of the town is built.
Shaftesbury Arts Centre was established in 1957 and stages a variety of exhibitions, performances, workshops and training courses. Shaftesbury has two museums: Gold Hill Museum at the top of Gold Hill, and Shaftesbury Abbey Museum in the abbey grounds.
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Top 10 Best Things To Do in Dorchester, United Kingdom UK
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Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum
The Keep Military Museum
Sculpture by the Lakes
Athelhampton House and Gardens
Hardy's Cottage
Maiden Castle
Max Gate
Dorset County Museum
Kingston Maurward Park and Gardens
BRIGHTON WALK through Preston Park and The Rockery | England
A first-person perspective Brighton walk tour of Preston Park on a warm, sunny day - including Preston Manor and Garden, as well as nearby Preston Rock Garden, ‘The Rockery’.
Filmed in May 2018, on a weekend.
The tour route consists of:
00:00 Preston Road / Stanford Avenue
00:34 Preston Park
10:20 Crossing Lime Tree Walk within Preston Park
10:25 Preston Park - area around Preston Manor
12:05 Preston Manor Garden
14:18 Preston Park
15:09 Crossing Lime Tree Walk within Preston Park
15:52 Preston Road
16:16 Preston Rock Garden, ’The Rockery'
Sights seen along the tour include:
00:10, 15:21 Preston Park stone entrance sign
00:43 The Rose Garden
01:37 Roman style sculpture
01:59 Circular pond
02:01 Rotunda Cafè
03:34 Preston Park Petanque Terrain
03:59 Tennis Courts
07:05 Clocktower
08:34 Chalet Cafè
11:26, 11:54 Preston Manor
11:44 St Peter's Church
12:05 Preston Manor Garden
14:57 Collapsed Preston Twin (was largest English Elm left in Europe)
16:53 House at The Rockery
19:18, 22:37 The Rockery waterfall
20:50 Bridge over waterfall
22:19 Pond and stepping stones
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BRIGHTON CITY CENTRE WALK from West Street to Queens Road to Brighton Station | England
A first-person perspective Brighton walk tour of the busy city centre filled with shops, bars and restaurants - from West Street to Queens Road, ending at Brighton Station, with a slight detour to the Brighton Hippodrome.
Filmed in May 2018, on a weekend.
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00:00 West Street
02:42 Boyce's Street
03:33 Middle Street
04:45 Boyce's Street
05:03 West Street
07:22 Queens Road
15:21 Brighton Station
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00:10 PRYZM nightclub / Odeon cinema
01:37 Lazer Zone
01:47 Saint Paul’s Parish Church
01:57 Touro Brazilian Steakhouse
03:32 Brighton Hippodrome
07:08 Jubilee Clock Tower
08:32 The Big Yellow bus
09:57 Street Food and Makers Market
14:37 Brighton Station
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Top 10 Things To Do At Night | London
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BRIGHTON WALK | New Steine to Old Steine Gardens via St James’s Street | England
A first-person perspective Brighton walk tour from New Steine to Steine Gardens via St James’s Street, on a sunny day in May.
The tour route consists of:
- New Steine (00:00)
- St James's Street (01:43)
- Old Steine intersection with St James's Street (06:11)
- Old Steine Gardens (07:57, 10:32)
Sights seen along the tour include:
- New Steine Gardens (00:00)
- AIDS Memorial Sculpture (01:15)
- Wentworth Street 'All Building Trades’ mural (02:21)
- Brighton War Memorial (07:02, 07:56)
- Egyptian Campaign Memorial (08:55)
- Victoria Fountain (11:42)
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BRIGHTON WALK | High Street Shops, Bars & Restaurants along London Road and Preston Road | England
A first-person perspective Brighton walk tour along London Road and Preston Road, looking at the many shops, bars and restaurants. The tour starts close to St Peter's Church and The Level, and finishes just before the southern end of Preston Park.
Filmed in May 2018, on a weekend.
The tour route consists of:
00:00 York Place
00:25 London Road
01:23 Oxford Place
01:54 London Road
02:49 Ann Street
04:05 London Road
08:44 Preston Circus
09:30 Preston Road
14:03 Preston Road junction with Stanford Ave
Sights seen along the tour include:
00:10 Hobgoblin pub
01:27, 02:50, 03:34, 05:06, 10:50 Graffiti
02:34, 03:12 St Bartholomew's Church
04:31 Presuming Ed's Coffee House
05:04 Brighton Open Market
06:51 88 London Road - performing arts theatre
07:46 Worlds End Brighton pub
08:05 Fatto a Mano Brighton
08:22 The Hare and Hounds
08:47 Preston Circus Community Fire Station
09:15 The Joker pub
11:49, 12:23 London Road viaduct
14:05 Views towards Preston Park
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