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About Cann Common

Cann Common lies in North Dorset's chalk downland, three kilometres from Shaftesbury near the Wiltshire border. The A30 provides the main east-west route, whilst the A350 runs north-south toward Blandford Forum and Warminster. Local lanes connect the scattered Melbury villages through typical countryside of hedgerows and stone walls. The settlement retains several acres of traditional common land with medieval field boundaries still visible in the ancient grazing strips.

Where is Cann Common on the map?

Cann Common is in England, at 50.987, -2.167 - about 12 km north-west of Farnham.

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The closest airport to Cann Common is Bournemouth Airport, 46 km (about 48 min by car). Other airports nearby: Southampton Airport.

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