Beacon

Beacon: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Beacon

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Beacon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 50.88449, -2.26692. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Beacon

• Bell Hill · viewpoint · Dorset · ~2 km · Must-see
• Fiddleford Manor · fort · Dorset · ~5 km · Must-see
• Hambledon Hill · fort · Dorset · ~6 km · Must-see
• Hod Hill · fort · Dorset · ~6 km · Must-see
• Bulbarrow Hill · viewpoint · Dorset · ~7 km · Must-see
• St Luke · church · Dorset · ~9 km · Must-see
• Melbury Beacon walk, Fontmell and Melbury Downs · trek · Dorset · ~15 km · Must-see
• Duncliffe Hill · viewpoint · Dorset · ~16 km · Must-see
• Shaftesbury Abbey · fort · Dorset · ~18 km · Must-see
• Stour Valley Way · trek · Dorset · ~19 km · Must-see
• St Andrew · church · Dorset · ~20 km · Must-see
• Cerne Abbas Giant · fort · Dorset · ~21 km · Must-see
• Cerne Abbey · fort · Dorset · ~21 km · Must-see
• St Mary the Virgin · church · Dorset · ~21 km · Must-see
• Jane Topp Monument In The Churchyard, Immediately South Of The Vestry Of The Church Of St Mary, St Cuthberga And All Saints · fort · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · ~22 km · Must-see
• Old St Cuthbert's Chancel · church · Dorset · ~22 km · Must-see
• All Saints · church · Dorset · ~23 km · Must-see
• St Nicholas, Moreton · church · Dorset · ~25 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Beacon

Other other attractions near Beacon

• Anvil Point Lighthouse · attraction · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · ~49 km · Must-see
• Portland Bill Lighthouse · attraction · Dorset · ~54 km · Must-see
• Burnham-on-Sea Low Lighthouse · attraction · North Somerset · ~82 km · Must-see
• St Catherine's Oratory · attraction · Isle of Wight · ~94 km · Must-see
• St. Catherine's Lighthouse · attraction · Isle of Wight · ~95 km · Must-see
• West Usk Lighthouse · attraction · North Somerset · ~111 km · Must-see
• Nab Tower · attraction · Isle of Wight · ~120 km · Must-see
• Great Coxwell Barn · attraction · West Berkshire · ~120 km · Must-see
• Kelmscott Manor · attraction · West Berkshire · ~124 km · Must-see
• Old Nash Point Lighthouse · attraction · Somerset · ~133 km · Must-see

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