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 miles25.9 km
- Poole 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Salisbury 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Christchurch 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Totton 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Totton and Eling 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Frome 22.9 miles36.9 km
- New Milton 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Ferndown 11.5 miles18.4 km
- Ferndown Town 11.8 miles18.9 km
- Warminster 18.9 miles30.4 km
- Romsey 23 miles36.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge Parish 0.3 miles0.4 km
- Gussage St. Michael Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Farnham Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Ebbesborne Wake Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Wimborne St. Giles Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Tollard Royal Parish 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Chettle Parish 3.7 miles6 km
- Gussage All Saints Parish 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Bowerchalke Built-up area 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Cranborne Chase Ward 4.1 miles6.5 km
- Alvediston Parish 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Cranborne Built-up area 4.5 miles7.2 km
Example postcodes in Sixpenny Handley
SP5 5NP, SP5 5SA, SP5 5NX, SP5 5QJ, SP5 5NS, SP5 5NJ, SP5 5PL, SP5 5NQ, SP5 5AS … See all
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 14 miles22.5 km
- Southampton Airport 28.2 miles45.4 km
- Tisbury Railway Station 8 miles12.9 km
- Salisbury Station 11.8 miles18.9 km
Hotels near Sixpenny Handley Ad
- The Museum Inn 4 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Horton Inn 2 5.5 miles8.9 km
- The Grosvenor Arms 4 9.2 miles14.7 km
- The Talbot 2 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Crown Hotel 3 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Best Western Shaftesbury the Royal Chase Hotel 3 8.5 miles13.7 km
Schools in Sixpenny Handley
- Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery Primary
Local points of interest
- Cranborne Chase Forest 2.1 miles3.5 km
- Western Downs Hill 3.1 miles5 km
- Crichel House Estate 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Wardour Castle Estate 6.8 miles11 km
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 9.3 miles14.9 km
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Tarrant Abbey Historic site 9.7 miles15.7 km
- Holy Cross Abbey (Stapehill, Dorset, England) Historic site 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Bournemouth Aviation Museum Museum 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Dean Court Stadium 16.8 miles27.1 km
- Stourhead Estate 17.2 miles27.6 km
- Castle Malwood Estate 17.3 miles27.8 km