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Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury is a historic hill top town in northern Dorset, southern England.
Get in
The best way to get to Shaftesbury, if you don't have a car, is by train. Take Southwest Trains from London Waterloo to Gillingham, Dorset. There are friendly and cheap taxi drivers who can take you on to Shaftesbury. Last year this cost 10 Pounds.
Get around
See
Shaftesbury's most notable site to see is Gold Hill, which is famous from Hovis Bread advertisements.
Do
Buy
Eat
Drink
Sleep
There are many charming B&B's in and around Shaftesbury.
Get out
This page was last edited at 15:42, on 3 July 2008 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by Stacy Hall, Evan Prodromou and Rob Payne, Wikitravel user(s) Jonboy and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.