The Farm of Knights sits on the slopes of Knighton Hill looking over the valley of the little River Wriggle. Isolated, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, the settlement has shrunk slowly back into the hillside. Wander through the landscape using the medieval routes which connected the once powerful castles of Sherborne and Leigh. … Continue reading Knighton
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Yetminster, Thornford and Beer Hackett
Explore one of the top 50 villages in the country, according to the Sunday Times. High up in the valley of the tributaries of the river Yeo and built from golden ham stone, it is home to a school paid for by the scientist Robert Boyle. It is also the birthplace of an accidental biologist … Continue reading Yetminster, Thornford and Beer Hackett
