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Extract from the Shaftesbury Travel Guides:
Ten miles north of Blandford,
SHAFTESBURY
perches on a spur of lumpy green-gold hills, with severe gradients on three sides of the town. On a clear day, views from the town are terrific - one of the best vantage points is
Gold Hill
, quaint, cobbled and very steep. The local history
museum
at the top of Gold Hill (Easter-Sept daily 10.30am-4.30pm; also some weekends in winter, call 01747/854146 to check; 1) is worth a glance - its contents include a collection of locally made buttons, for which the area was once renowned.
Pilgrims used to flock to Shaftesbury to pay homage to the...
read the whole Shaftesbury Travel Guides...
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