The ancient, creative market town with two castles that Charles Dickens loved

Founded in the 7th century and home to a magnificent abbey and two castles, Sherborne was once the favoured haunt of Elizabethan elite including Sir Walter Raleigh and Victorian celebrities such as as a creative arts venue is cementing this historic town’s spot on the county’s tourist trail.concludes on Saturday at Cheap Street Church, while the Abbey hosts carol concerts on 15, 16 and 18 December. For more:is a short stroll from the main thoroughfare of Cheap Street.

face the turrets of Sherborne Castle over a glorious lake designed by Capability Brown. The castle is managed by English Heritage .is the town’s pride and joy. Founded by St Aldhelm in 705 AD, it was the ecclesiastical centre of the Kingdom of Wessex, and early English kings Aethelbald and Ethelbert are buried here. Entrance free.s plush chairs and you’ll be sipping cocktails and tasting elegant wines in a 17th-century building that doubles as a furniture shop.

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