Sixpenny Handley is a small village and civil parish in east Dorset, England, sitting on chalk downland within the Cranborne Chase area. The surrounding downs are scattered with prehistoric barrows and earthworks, so it feels very much part of an ancient rural landscape and is popular with walkers and horse riders.
The name goes back to the Saxon hundred of Sixpenny and the village retains a long agricultural tradition. A devastating fire in 1892 led to extensive rebuilding, so the mix of older and Victorian-era buildings reflects that past. Local life revolves around farming, small businesses, a primary school and the village hall, while visitors come for country pubs, equestrian activity and the tranquillity of the Cranborne Chase area; the wider parish is known as Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, roughly between Salisbury and Blandford Forum.
Postcode districts covering Sixpenny Handley
Most populated places nearby
- Bournemouth 16.1 miles
- Poole 15.8 miles
- Salisbury 12.1 miles
- Christchurch 18.4 miles
- Totton 21.8 miles
- Totton and Eling 22.2 miles
- Frome 22.9 miles
- New Milton 20.3 miles
- Ferndown 11.5 miles
- Ferndown Town 11.8 miles
- Warminster 18.9 miles
- Romsey 23 miles
Neighbouring places
- Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge Parish 0.3 miles
- Gussage St. Michael Parish 2.6 miles
- Farnham Parish 3.1 miles
- Ebbesborne Wake Parish 3.3 miles
- Wimborne St. Giles Parish 3.5 miles
- Tollard Royal Parish 3.5 miles
- Chettle Parish 3.7 miles
- Gussage All Saints Parish 3.8 miles
- Bowerchalke Built-up area 3.9 miles
- Cranborne Chase Ward 4.1 miles
- Alvediston Parish 4.1 miles
- Cranborne Built-up area 4.5 miles
Example postcodes in Sixpenny Handley
SP5 5QN, SP5 5NZ, SP5 5NA, SP5 5JA, SP5 5NY, SP5 5DF, SP5 5PL, SP5 5ND, SP5 5NR … See all
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 14 miles
- Southampton Airport 28.2 miles
- Tisbury Railway Station 8 miles
- Salisbury Station 11.8 miles
Hotels near Sixpenny Handley Ad
- The Museum Inn 4 2.8 miles
- The Queen's Head 5.8 miles
- The Grove Arms 6.5 miles
- The Langton Arms 4 6.2 miles
- The Compasses Inn 6.7 miles
- The Royal Oak 6.5 miles
- Compasses Inn 4 7.7 miles
- Best Western Royal Chase Hotel 8.5 miles
- The Crown Hotel 3 9.9 miles
- True Lovers Knot, Tarrant Keyneston 8.8 miles
Schools in Sixpenny Handley
- Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery Primary
Local points of interest
- Cranborne Chase Forest 2.1 miles
- Western Downs Hill 3.1 miles
- Crichel House Estate 6.1 miles
- Wardour Castle Estate 6.8 miles
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 9.3 miles
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 9.4 miles
- Tarrant Abbey Historic site 9.7 miles
- Holy Cross Abbey (Stapehill, Dorset, England) Historic site 11.1 miles
- Bournemouth Aviation Museum Museum 14.2 miles
- Dean Court Stadium 16.8 miles
- Stourhead Estate 17.2 miles
- Castle Malwood Estate 17.3 miles