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The view from Sherborne Abbey tower

11 September 2010

A rare opportunity to see Sherborne from the top of the Abbey tower. I have always wanted to go up the tower in the Abbey. I had seen guided tours advertised and was lucky enough to get a place on one of the tours. These pictures are slightly larger than my usual size to give more detail.

North

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The boys school quadrangle and the Yeatman hospital in the distance.

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Abbey Road, Cheap Street and Cheap Street church

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A closer look at the church. Beyond the church is the Co-op and Sherborne House under the scaffolding.

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Hospital lane.

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The boys school chapel.

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A wider angle view looking North.

East

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Long Street and the bottom of Cheap Street.

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Looking east over Cheap Street towards the Digby Hall.

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Hunts foods factory and Sherborne new Castle. From the top of the tower you realise how many trees there are around the town.

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The old brewery on Long Street and the old castle beyond.

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Zooming in on Hound Street

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Another shot of Long street

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The Abbey pharmacy and Stead and Simpson at the bottom of Cheap Street.

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Sherborne New Castle and Jerusalem Hill beyond.

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Orange bricks and roof tiles lower Cheap Street.

South

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South Street, Sainsburys and the old Woolmington Hotel.

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Digby Road

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Looking down on Half Moon Street.

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The Abbey close and Alms Houses.

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Westbury.

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The Half Moon Hotel.

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The corner of Half Moon Street and South Street.

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Another view looking towards Sainsburys.

West

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Trendle Street, Horsecastles, Durrants close and the Boys School fields beyond.

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A new Boys School dormitory under construction in Richmond Road. The line of red brick houses is in Wingfield Road.

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Durrants close and the Boys school fields.

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The Abbey close and shop.

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The Prep school fields.

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Zooming in on Horsecastles.

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The old thatched cottages in Acreman Street next to the Prep School.

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Wingfield Road.

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Trendle Street and Horsecastles.

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The Abbey clock mechanism.

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The Abbey bells. There are eight bells in total.

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Flying buttresses