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Sutton Poyntz and its Mill Pond
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Sutton Poyntz and its Mill Pond Wildlife
Visit a unique village with character, a tranquil pond and white horse carved into the hill side.
Sutton Poyntz is the kind of village that is quietly tucked away with a unique beauty that awaits discovery. Under the hills above Weymouth it has a large mill pond which is a beautiful a peaceful spot to visit. Very close by is the hill that bears the chalk carving of the White Horse, which is said to overlook Osmington but in reality it appears to belong to Sutton Poyntz.
You could visit the village and climb west for half a mile to the Iron Age fort of Chalbury, or walk east across the fields and discover the famous White Horse, carved into the chalk hill in 1807. The 250 foot high and 300 foot wide carving of King George III astride his horse is visible from Weymouth and Portland - a feature being the enormous tail, as wide as a street.
The pond is lined on one side by a row of quaint old cottages and on the other side is the locally well-known public house, the Springhead.
The mill and the Mill House were used by Thomas Hardy in his novel "The Trumpet Major" as the setting for "Overcombe". The Mill House stands beside the old mill on the left-hand side of the road after taking the right hand fork of Sutton Road
Directions
Leave Weymouth West on the Preston Road Sutton Poyntz is slightly off that road to teh left.
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