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Dist:0.3km<br/>The postbox is emptied at 4pm on weekdays and at 10am on Saturdays.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.4km<br/>The view is of housing on the north side of the B3091 Shaftesbury road on the east side of the town.
©Mike Searle
Dist:0.4km<br/>A small postbox emptied at 4pm on weekdays and at half past ten on Saturday mornings.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.5km<br/>Parts of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway through North Dorset have been converted to recreational paths for horse-riders, cyclists and walkers. The gravelled path is seen here about half a kilometre south of Sturminster Newton. The tower of the parish church can just be glimpsed between the bushes on the left.
©A-M-Jervis
Dist:0.5km<br/>This large, modern postbox stands outside the [[1436053]] and, thus, it is perhaps surprising that it does not have the latest collection times in the town. On weekdays the advertised last collection is at 4pm, whereas a couple of boxes in town are emptied later than this. The Saturday last collection is at noon.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Local Delivery Office (or LDO) for Sturminster Newton is in Butts Pond industrial estate.
©Chris Downer
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©Clive Perrin
Dist:0.7km<br/>A short distance south of Sturminster Newton station a public footpath crosses the embankment of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, now part of the North Dorset Trailway at this point. The bottom two steps, beneath the stile, are modern concrete, probably cast in situ, but the rest, together with the fence posts on both sides, would almost certainly have been cast at the Southern Railway's concrete works at Exmouth Junction, near Exeter, Devon. A metal kissing gate has also been provided for those able to climb steps but not a stile.
©A-M-Jervis
Dist:0.7km<br/>Gradually, several parts of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway through North Dorset are being converted into recreational paths for horse-riders, cyclists and walkers. This is the start of a section of about a mile south from Sturminster Newton, running as far as Fiddleford, where a new footbridge has been provided across the River Stour.
©A-M-Jervis
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©Clive Perrin
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©Clive Perrin
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©Trish Steel
Dist:0.7km<br/>Looking very boggy after the recent rainfall.
©Toby
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©Toby
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©Tim Marshall

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