Sherborne is a small, historic market town in north‑west Dorset, England, set beside the winding River Yeo. Its compact centre of honey‑coloured stone buildings is dominated by the long nave of Sherborne Abbey and sits between the ruins of Sherborne Old Castle and the later Jacobean Sherborne Castle with extensive gardens, giving the town a very picturesque, layered medieval-to‑early‑modern character.
Today the town’s economy mixes tourism, independent shops and services with the seasonal rhythms of its well‑known boarding schools and a steady commuter population (it lies not far from Yeovil), and it retains a strong sense of local community expressed through a museum, markets and a year‑round programme of cultural events.
Postcode districts covering Sherborne
Most populated places nearby
- Weymouth 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Yeovil 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Bridgwater 24.4 miles39.3 km
- Frome 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Warminster 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Dorchester 17 miles27.4 km
- Bridport 18.6 miles29.9 km
- Chard 19.8 miles31.9 km
- Chard Town 19.5 miles31.4 km
- Street 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Blandford Forum 17 miles27.3 km
- Wells 18.7 miles30.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Sherborne Built-up area 0.1 miles0.2 km
- Castleton Parish 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Sherborne East Ward 0.2 miles0.4 km
- Sherborne West Ward 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Oborne Parish 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Sherborne Rural Ward 1.5 miles2.5 km
- North Wootton Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Nether Compton Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Holway Built-up area 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Poyntington Parish 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Haydon Parish 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Sandford Orcas Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
Example postcodes in Sherborne
DT9 3SA, DT9 4DY, DT9 4DW, DT9 4DR, DT9 4EA, DT9 4HH, DT9 4JD, DT9 3NR, DT9 3AJ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 31 miles49.9 km
- Bournemouth Airport 31.8 miles51.3 km
- Sherborne Railway Station 0.6 miles1 km
- Thornford Railway Station 3.7 miles6 km
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Schools in Sherborne
- Sherborne Abbey C of E Primary School Primary
- Sherborne Preparatory School Independent - all ages
- Sherborne Primary School Primary
- Sherborne School Independent - secondary
- Sherborne School for Girls Independent - secondary
- The Gryphon School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Huish Park Stadium 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Wincanton Racecourse Recreation 9.2 miles14.8 km
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Stourhead Estate 13.9 miles22.3 km
- Oaks of Avalon Archaeological site 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Clarks Village Shopping centre 15.5 miles25 km
- Chalice Well Gardens 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Poundbury Camp Historic site 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Cricket Saint Thomas Estate 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Forde Abbey Historic site 18.6 miles30 km
- Wardour Castle Estate 19.2 miles30.8 km
- Longleat Country house 19.4 miles31.3 km