Guidebook for Semley, Shaftesbury
Food Scene
It's a few minutes' walk away, really friendly, serves great coffee (roasted and ground in the village by 918 coffee) and delicious cakes/croissants etc.. It's our "Community" shop (so we all work there) and it stocks fabulous local foods, specialist ingredients and everything you need from newspapers to little gifts.
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Semley Village Stores
It's a few minutes' walk away, really friendly, serves great coffee (roasted and ground in the village by 918 coffee) and delicious cakes/croissants etc.. It's our "Community" shop (so we all work there) and it stocks fabulous local foods, specialist ingredients and everything you need from newspapers to little gifts.
It is set in a beautiful walled garden which you can walk around and pick flowers in, has good food and is a fab place to be. Quite pricey. Average service. Often closed for private functions.
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Pythouse Kitchen Garden
It is set in a beautiful walled garden which you can walk around and pick flowers in, has good food and is a fab place to be. Quite pricey. Average service. Often closed for private functions.
It's a very old pub dating from 1362 with great character, good food and good beers/wines and reasonable local prices.
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The Compasses Inn
It's a very old pub dating from 1362 with great character, good food and good beers/wines and reasonable local prices.
It's our local pub, a few minutes walk away with local ales. Outdoor seating across the road by the village pond when the sun shines.
The Benett Arms
It's our local pub, a few minutes walk away with local ales. Outdoor seating across the road by the village pond when the sun shines.
This is the trendy drinks and food place locally. Lovely mix of different dining areas from cosy bar, through fire-warmed sitting room to modern glass dining area. Prices to match London ones. Food quality mainly good but inconsistent.
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The Beckford Arms
This is the trendy drinks and food place locally. Lovely mix of different dining areas from cosy bar, through fire-warmed sitting room to modern glass dining area. Prices to match London ones. Food quality mainly good but inconsistent.
Arts & Culture
Messums is a thriving art gallery in the middle of nowhere based around the longest thatched tithe barn in England (which is worth seeing in itself). It is a vibrant hub with ever-changing art displays, talks, events and a great cafe/restaurant for drinks or lunch and is free to explore.
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Messums Wiltshire
Court StreetMessums is a thriving art gallery in the middle of nowhere based around the longest thatched tithe barn in England (which is worth seeing in itself). It is a vibrant hub with ever-changing art displays, talks, events and a great cafe/restaurant for drinks or lunch and is free to explore.
It is amazing, has a great restaurant and a Philip Roth bar plus a Piet Oudolf garden (best in late Summer/Autumn).
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Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Dropping LaneIt is amazing, has a great restaurant and a Philip Roth bar plus a Piet Oudolf garden (best in late Summer/Autumn).
Shopping
It's huge, represents lots of art dealers and, together with Kingsettle Antiques (next door) is the centre of antiques in the whole Shaftesbury area
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Dairy House Antiques
Station RoadIt's huge, represents lots of art dealers and, together with Kingsettle Antiques (next door) is the centre of antiques in the whole Shaftesbury area
It represents a great many antique dealers and, along with Dairy House antiques nearly next door, forms the antiques centre of the region.
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Kingsettle Antiques
Station RoadIt represents a great many antique dealers and, along with Dairy House antiques nearly next door, forms the antiques centre of the region.
Specialist Japanese knives and garden equipment. And, somewhat amazingly, in the village. Well worth a visit.
Niwaki Ltd
Specialist Japanese knives and garden equipment. And, somewhat amazingly, in the village. Well worth a visit.
Sightseeing
스톤헨지
It is well preserved, has a fabulous history and was the location for the Kevin Kostner version of a Robin Hood movie. New Wardour Castle is nearby and there are fabulous walks all around. Also great views of the local countryside. English Heritage but well worth it.
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올드 워도어 성
It is well preserved, has a fabulous history and was the location for the Kevin Kostner version of a Robin Hood movie. New Wardour Castle is nearby and there are fabulous walks all around. Also great views of the local countryside. English Heritage but well worth it.
It's the highest point in Wiltshire, is very beautiful, looks over the Rothermere Estate and has great walks around it. It is also very close to Compton Abbas airfield with its great views, aircraft interest and very good cafe.
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Win Green
It's the highest point in Wiltshire, is very beautiful, looks over the Rothermere Estate and has great walks around it. It is also very close to Compton Abbas airfield with its great views, aircraft interest and very good cafe.
It has possibly the best art collection in a NT house. Garden is a bit dull but the house and art are amazing as is the famous tree lined drive if you approach it from here.
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킹스턴레이시
It has possibly the best art collection in a NT house. Garden is a bit dull but the house and art are amazing as is the famous tree lined drive if you approach it from here.
It is the most amazing landscaped garden around a beautiful lake. It is National Trust so costs as such. Good pub in the grounds. Trees and flowering shrubs are the focus in the garden rather than borders of perennials etc..
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스토어헤드
It is the most amazing landscaped garden around a beautiful lake. It is National Trust so costs as such. Good pub in the grounds. Trees and flowering shrubs are the focus in the garden rather than borders of perennials etc..
Everything Else
These are animals saved from slavery or worse and there is an amazing variety of them.
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몽키 월드 - 원숭이 구조 센터
LongthornsThese are animals saved from slavery or worse and there is an amazing variety of them.
Essentials
Tesco Superstore
Christy's Lane