Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury is a community and also civil parish in Dorset, England. It is positioned on the A30 road, 20 miles (32 kilometres) west of Salisbury, near to the border with Wiltshire. It is the only substantial hilltop negotiation in Dorset, being built regarding 215 metres (705 ft) above sea level on a greensand hillside on the edge of Cranborne Chase. The town evaluates the Blackmore Vale, part of the River Stour container. From various point of views, it is possible to see at least as far as Glastonbury Tor to the northwest. Shaftesbury is the site of the previous Shaftesbury Abbey, which was founded in 888 by King Alfred and turned into one of the richest religious establishments in the nation, prior to being damaged in the Dissolution in 1539. Adjacent to the abbey website is Gold Hill, a steep cobbled road made use of in the 1970s as the setup for Ridley Scott's tv ad for Hovis bread. In the 2011 census the town's civil parish had a population of 7,314.