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This Inn can be found just north of Wimborne, Dorset.
©Stuart Buchan
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Pub is located at the main cross roads on Smugglers Lane at the centre of the village.
©Nigel Mykura
Dist:0.3km<br/>A picturesque thatched pub by the village crossroads. To the right, we see the signpost which retains its original finial, giving location (Colehill - Stocks Cross) and grid reference. For a close-up of the finial, see [[1741416]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.3km<br/>Oops, it's a pillory not stocks! To see the pub in its geographic context click http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1061039
©michael ely
Dist:0.3km<br/>Thatched pub at Stocks Cross. Internally, central bar, two drinking areas to front, extensive dining rooms at back. Cask ales on offer at my visit: Hopback Summer Lightning, Morland Old Speckled Hen, Ringwood Best. For some customer comments, see http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/24/24144/Stocks_Inn/Furzehill
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.3km<br/>See the pub in its geographic context here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1061039
©michael ely
Dist:0.3km<br/>A close-up of the finial of the finger-post (see [[1405757]]), giving location and grid reference details.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.3km<br/>Traditional Dorset gridded fingerpost, bearing the legend "COLEHILL/STOCKS CROSS"; to the left, [[1785700]].
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking southeast along Grange, past this small postbox which is emptied finally at 4pm on weekdays and at 9:30am on Saturdays.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.4km<br/>The K6 type telephone box stands a little further along the road from the post office/shop.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.4km<br/>At the northern end of Smugglers Lane, describing itself as post office, delicatessen, off licence & newsagent.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.4km<br/>Thatched cottage on Grange, Clapgate.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.4km<br/>This postbox, outside [[1064695]], is reflected quite strikingly in the road surface on this wet, drizzly day. It is emptied finally at 5pm on weekdays and at 10:15am on Saturdays.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.4km<br/>The village stores at Furzehill are located in Smugglers Lane close to the cross roads at the centre of the village. The name Furzehill is appropriate as furze is the name given to gorse, one of the predominant plants on the old heathland that covered this local area for centuries. Only a small amount of the heath remains in dorset due to the change in use of the heaths. Furze was widely used as firewood by commoners on the heath for centuries and this practice was detailed by Thomas Hardy in books such as Return of the Native , set on a Dorset heath.
©Nigel Mykura
Dist:0.4km<br/>Furzehill has had a post office branch since 1947 and the branch was spared in the mass closures of 2004 and 2008.
©Chris Downer

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