The splendid provincial town of Shaftesbury in North Dorset. It sits 215 metres up on a sandstone ridge above Cranborne Chase. This is the famous Gold Hill, superb but very steep.

Poem.

 

Scenic.

Charismatic.

Atmospheric.

Legendary, Gold Hill.

Historic and Provincial Shaftesbury.

Steep, curved hill.

Cobble-stones.

Stepped houses,

some thatched.

“Hovis” connection.

Could be in Yorkshire.

Satirised by “The Two Ronnies.”

Iconic.

Unique.

Remarkable.

 

 

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