Dorset

Dorset is a county on the south coast of England, in the West Country. Dorset is mostly rural, with a few large towns and many small villages. The county has a variety of landscapes, from steep chalk hills and wide clay valleys full of small dairy farms to the 50 mile Jurassic Coast world heritage site, popular with tourists and important to science.

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Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a seaside resort town in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. Bournemouth Travel Guide »
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Weymouth
Weymouth is a town in Dorset, a county on the south coast of the West Country, in England. Weymouth Travel Guide »
Wareham
Wareham is a town in Dorset UK. Wareham Travel Guide »
Isle of Portland
Isle of Portland
Portland is a town in Dorset, a county on the south coast of the West Country, in England. Portland is actually an island, even … Isle of Portland Travel Guide »
Sherborne
Sherborne is a small town in England. Sherborne Travel Guide »
Poole
Poole is in Dorset, on the south coast of England. Poole Travel Guide »
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a seaside town in situated in south-west Dorset in the West Country of England. Lyme Regis Travel Guide »
Dorchester
Dorchester is the County Town of Dorset. Dorchester Travel Guide »
Bridport
Bridport is a bustling market town in West Dorset. Bridport Travel Guide »
Gillingham
Gillingham is the most northerly town in Dorset on the edge of the Blackmore Vale. Gillingham Travel Guide »
Lulworth
Lulworth is an area in Dorset. It consists of the villages of West Lulworth and East Lulworth. Lulworth Travel Guide »
Christchurch
Christchurch is a town in Dorset. Christchurch Travel Guide »
Bovington
Bovington is a small town in Dorset. Bovington Travel Guide »
Buckland Newton
Buckland Newton is a village in Dorset, England. Buckland Newton Travel Guide »
Blandford Forum
Blandford Forum is a town in Dorset. Blandford Forum Travel Guide »
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury is a historic hill top town in northern Dorset, southern England. Shaftesbury Travel Guide »
Milton On Stour
Milton On stour is a Village in the Northern extremity of Dorset. Milton On Stour Travel Guide »
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  • This was the little village we stayed at when we visited Dorset. We fell in love with it! From its winding roads to its impressive church and abbey, from a very interesting cemetary (I love cemeteries!) to its renowned Royal Oak pub with its own Master Chef of England - with it's huge collection of … • Jen M.
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Dorset Travel Guide is based on Dorset by Inas, Claus Hansen, mark hammick, Jim Nicholson, Nick Roux, Globe-trotter, AlasdairW, G3ZLQ, iGuide and others. Dorset Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.