Shillingstone is a small village and civil parish tucked into the rolling dairy country of the Blackmore Vale in north Dorset, close to the market town of Sturminster Newton. The landscape is typified by patchwork fields and hedgerows with small streams feeding into the River Stour, giving the area a distinctly rural, pastoral character.
The settlement’s history is visible in its parish church and older cottages, and it was once served by a railway station which closed in the 1960s and has since attracted a volunteer-led restoration to create a small heritage centre. Agriculture still shapes local life, but there’s an active community scene and good walking and cycling on the North Dorset Trailway, which follows the disused railway line through the parish.
Postcode districts covering Shillingstone
Most populated places nearby
- Bournemouth 19.8 miles31.9 km
- Poole 16.8 miles27 km
- Weymouth 21.3 miles34.2 km
- Yeovil 18 miles29 km
- Salisbury 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Christchurch 23.9 miles38.5 km
- Frome 21.4 miles34.5 km
- Ferndown 16 miles25.8 km
- Ferndown Town 16.2 miles26 km
- Warminster 21.3 miles34.2 km
- Westbury 24.9 miles40 km
- Dorchester 15.8 miles25.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Shillingstone Built-up area 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Hanford Parish 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Child Okeford Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Okeford Fitzpaine Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Stourpaine Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Shroton Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Iwerne Stepleton Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Iwerne Courtney or Shroton Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Durweston Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Turnworth Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Hammoon Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Ash Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
Example postcodes in Shillingstone
DT11 0TX, DT11 0ST, DT11 0SS, DT11 0QT, DT11 0FS, DT11 0QS, DT11 0TF, DT11 0QZ, DT11 0TH … See all
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Southampton Airport 38.5 miles62 km
- Gillingham 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Templecombe Railway Station 10.6 miles17 km
Hotels near Shillingstone Ad
- Plumber Manor 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- The Talbot 2 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Crown Hotel 3 4.3 miles6.8 km
- The Grosvenor Arms 4 7.7 miles12.3 km
- The Museum Inn 4 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Best Western Shaftesbury the Royal Chase Hotel 3 7.5 miles12.2 km
Schools in Shillingstone
- Shillingstone C of E Primary School Primary
- The Forum School Independent - special
Local points of interest
- Tarrant Abbey Historic site 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Cranborne Chase Forest 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Crichel House Estate 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Wardour Castle Estate 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Western Downs Hill 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Wincanton Racecourse Recreation 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Stourhead Estate 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Bindon Abbey Estate 14.9 miles24 km
- Bindon Abbey Historic site 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Holy Cross Abbey (Stapehill, Dorset, England) Historic site 15.2 miles24.4 km
- Poundbury Camp Historic site 15.6 miles25.1 km