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Matchams Dorset Map

Traditional county: Dorset · Region: South West

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Place	Matchams
Traditional County	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	50.815267
Longitude	-1.814256
Place Type	Other Settlement

About Matchams

Matchams emerges from the Dorset landscape as a curious threshold where the manicured edges of civilization fray into the wilder, sandy expanse of the heath. It lies 2.4 miles south-south-west of Ringwood (from Ringwood: bearing 205°T, OS grid SU 131 017), and is situated south-south-east of St Ives village. Much of the land here falls within the expansive embrace of Avon Heath Country Park, where the light hits the gorse with a sharp, metallic clarity during the late afternoon. This terrain is marked by the ancient, silent presence of the three bowl barrows, which sit like weathered knuckles of earth just a short distance north-west of the main house. The ground shifts from dense woodland to open, scrubby plains that belong to the St. Leonards and St. Ives Heaths SSSI, preserving a fragile, acidic habitat that resists the encroachment of modern development. Beneath the horizon, the soil retains a stubborn, peaty quality that dictates the slow growth of the scrub oak and heather. Matchams maintains a quiet, industrial periphery where the hum of engines from the nearby karting track occasionally disrupts the stillness of the surrounding pines. This interplay between the prehistoric mounds and the modern machinery creates a strange, layered geography that defines the character of the site.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Avon Heath Country Park (Park) — locality lies within
St. Leonards And St. Ives Heaths Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — locality lies within · 530 ha
Three Bowl Barrows In Avon Heath Country Park, Two 620M And One 700M North West Of Matcham'S House (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 293° WNW
Matchams Karting (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 214° SW
Barnsfield Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.9 mi, 344° NNW
Four Bowl Barrows On Foxbury Hill, Barnsfield Heath, 750M South West Of Matcham'S Park Stadium (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 216° SW
Avon Valley (Bickton To Christchurch) Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.1 mi, 074° ENE · 14k acres
Foxbury Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 216° SW
Haskell's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 063° ENE
Kinson Drain (River) — 1.2 mi, 046° NE
David's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 348° NNW
Hurn Forest (Forest / Woodland) — 1.6 mi, 188° S
Fillybrook Bottom (Valley) — 1.6 mi, 184° S
Bowl Barrow In Hurn Forest, 680M South West Of Bostwick Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 196° SSW
Moors River (River) — 1.9 mi, 203° SSW
Tyrrell's Ford (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 161° SSE
The Danny Cracknell Pocket Park (Park) — 2.2 mi, 024° NNE
The Jubilee Lamp (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 021° NNE
Friday's Cross (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 025° NNE
Mare and Foal (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 022° NNE
Liberty's Owl, Raptor and Reptile Centre (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.4 mi, 052° NE
Hightown Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 053° NE
Bournemouth Aviation Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 204° SSW
Adventure Wonderland Maze (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 206° SSW
Lookout (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 336° NNW
Avon Tyrrell (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.3 mi, 106° ESE · 20 ha
Barrington Centre (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 255° WSW
Friends of the New Forest Airfields (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 132° SE
Ringwood Forest (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 338° NNW
Coward's Marsh (Wetland) — 4.3 mi, 162° SSE

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