All Saints Church, Nether Cerne, Dorset

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Accessibility

"Best parking is on the verge of the tarmac lane in the village It is then a 120metre walk down a track as signposted. Entrance is then trough a gate, down a sloping grass churchyard to 3 crumbling steps leading to the north porch". 

Brief description

"This pastoral and picturesque riverside church by an old manor was built primarily in the thirteenth century.

All Saints' has a stone tower topped with pinnacles and vigorously carved angel-gargoyles. Inside is an unusual melon-shaped twelfth-century font bowl, probably from an earlier church here".

"A previous visitor to All Saints' has described it as having a 'most peaceful and prayerful atmosphere'. It has served the rural community here for eight centuries and the unusual 12th century font suggests that there was an even earlier church on the site".

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Address

"All Saints' Church, Nether Cerne, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7AJ"

Email

west@thecct.org.uk

Phone

0117 929 1766 "Bristol Office, The Churches Conservation Trust"

Website

https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/what-s-on/epiphany-service-nether-cerne.html

Directions

"Nether Cerne is signposted off the A352 between Godmanstone and Cerne Abbas, 5 miles north of Dorchester, on A352".

Opening Times

"Open daily"

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

Transport

"Maiden Newton (5 miles and Dorchester West (6 miles) are on the Bristol-Weymouth line; Dorchester South (6 miles) is on the London Waterloo-Weymouth line; and Sherborne (14 miles) is on the London Waterloo-Exeter line. Nether Cerne is a request stop on the bus between Dorchester and Sherborne (Currently 6 buses per day)".

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