Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler This Has to Stop.
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- Aug 27, 2018, 2:54 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- England Dorset Wimborne Minster 50.799107, -1.98722850°47’57” N 1°59’14” W
Day 27
Wimborne Minster Model Village
August 27, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
So it’s 1951 and you decide to build a 1/10 model of your town.
By the 80’s people don’t see it as the cutting edge of entertainment anymore and it’s pretty well derelict.
They sell the land from underneath you, what do you do?
You get someone rich to give you a field and you move it bit by bit and reopen in 1991. You cut it up with an angle grinder and hope you bring all the bits.
Still not the cutting edge of entertainment but has a certain charm. We liked it.Read more
Traveler Of course you would like it.
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Traveler Almost had me fooled.
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Traveler Cute
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Traveler I think it’s cutting edge but does not suit gtoys as it’s difficult to flat pack
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Traveler Dorset
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- Oct 9, 2020
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 25 m
- England Dorset Wimborne Minster 50.79911, -1.9896550°47’57” N 1°59’23” W
Knowlton Church and Wimborne Minster
October 9, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We have an excellent journey to Dorset and head for Knowlton Church. Why? It is a ruined Norman Church built inside a Neolithic henge monument (trenched earthworks) - together they also known as the Knowlton Circles.

A detour from the main road takes us via some extremely pretty villages to Wimborne Minster, a beautiful market town with lovely old buildings. Not least of these is the Minster itself, a Saxon Church dedicated to St Cuthburga. There is some great stuff inside it, but unfortunately the church is closed most of the time now as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The bell tower has a soldier guading the bells....... We then visit the tourist information office and embark on a walking tour. After this, we go to the Wimborne Model Town and Gardens, which feture a 1:10 scale model of the town as it was in the 1950s. This is really interesting and there is also a model railway and dolls house exhibition - both better than they sound!

We head to Corfe Castle, where we are renting a cottage for a week.Read more
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Traveler Van Life
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- Jul 31, 2023
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitude: 85 ft
- England Dorset Wimborne Minster 50.80021, -1.98871350°48’1” N 1°59’19” W
Day 11
King's Head
July 31, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
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