Lewesdon Hill is the highest point in Dorset with views between the trees over Devon, Somerset and out to sea. The hill is 915ft high, and stands 4 km west of Beaminster and is just over 1km south of Broadwindsor village. To the east (3km) is Pilsdon Pen, which is another hill and is in fact Dorset's second highest point. Both hills are the site of an Iron Age hill fort, and both are under the care of the National Trust.
a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset
(6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction SW)This pretty resort grew up in a gap of cliffs overlooking picturesque Lyme Bay. In the days prior to the motor car it was a fashionable coaching stop. One illustrious visitor of.....
a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset
(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction S)West Bay nestles at the western end of spectacular Chesil Beach whose billions of pebbles have been a constant source of fascination for centuries...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset
(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction SE)This in one of the most enchanting villages to be found along the sweeping Dorset coast. It has gorgeous little lanes where there are eye catching thatched cottages with walls.....
a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset
(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction SW)Almost the first thing you notice about this pleasant seaside resort, is the spaciousness of the town. The second, and nothing can prepare you for this, is the sheer scale of Lyme Bay with its splendid views towards the rugged sandstone cliffs west of Eype Mouth...
a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon
(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction W)Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon...
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Where better to see and learn about the creatures of the deep than in an aquarium suite set tantalizingly beside the sea. Well,.....
This is one of the most glittering of all the great Elizabethan mansions in England. It is built of glowing honey-coloured Ham.....
Barrington Court is an attractive 16th-century house built in the engaging "E" shaped style of the period in mellow Ham Hill.....
17th-century thatched Baptist meeting house, constructed approx 1653...
