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A panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (2.2 miles, 3.6 km, direction SW)

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Netherbury Church of St Mary theVirgin

Netherbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction SE)

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Monument at Buckydoo square, Bridport, Dorset

Bridport (32 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction S)

Bridport can be classed as having everything to please the holiday maker, it has a strong nautical atmosphere born of its long association with the sea, and its history as a flourishing rope making town during the great age of sailing ships...

A view of Seatown

Seatown (33 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction S)

Seatown is a small Hamlet along Dorset's famous Jurassic Coast and is popular with fossil hunters. It has a clean and quiet shingle beach (no dogs allowed) and is a good location.....

Jurassic coast  Charmouth

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (7.3 miles, 11.7 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.....

The beach at West Bay, Dorset

West Bay (147 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (7.8 miles, 12.5 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...

Hiding

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction NW)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

A picture of Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock (56 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction S)

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.....

View of the beach, Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (276 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (8.9 miles, 14.3 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...

Crossing by the Brush Works

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (8.9 miles, 14.4 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...

Thatched cottage

Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction E)

A long, winding lane, flanked by grassy banks covered in fern and wild flowers, leads to the picture postcard village of Melbury Osmond..

A picture of Martock

Martock (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction N)

The interior of Martock's Ham-stone church is perhaps the grandest in all Somerset, the startling effect of the golden stone against the most lavishly decorated of the county's great tie-beam roofs is simply overwhelming...

A picture of Dalwood

Dalwood (30 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction W)

Charming village in the Devonshire countryside with a wonderful old thatched pub serving excellent food and a fantastic church. Well worth a look..

The Sydling Valley, Dorset

Sydling St Nicholas (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction E)

This is a particularly scenic village lying deep in a chalk-stream valley between open downs. Every approach to it is beautiful, whether crossing the hills from Cerne Abbas or Maiden Newton, or coming up the waters of the River Cerne between meadows flooded with spring lambs and ponies...

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction SW)

The town of Colyton, in Devon, first appeared as an ancient village around 700 AD and appeared inthe Doomsday Book as 'Culitone'. It was once described as "the most rebellious.....

Seaton

Axmouth (16 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction SW)

This quiet resort of colourwashed cottages sitting at the edge of the River Axe was once an important south Devon port...

Abbotsbury

Abbotsbury (104 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (13.8 miles, 22.1 km, direction SE)

Abbotsbury is a small picturesque and historic village in the county of Dorset...

Minterne House and Gardens

Minterne Magna (22 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction E)

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Cerne Abbas Abbey

Cerne Abbas (68 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction E)

Famous for its huge chalk 'rude' giant, Cerne Abbas is a lovely ancient village in Dorset...

Axe harbour at Seaton, Devon.

Seaton (312 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Devon (14.3 miles, 22.9 km, direction SW)

The town is mostly Victorian and Edwardian in character, you only have to cast your eyes above today's modern shop fronts to see handsome overhanging bay windows which belong firmly to another era...

Recommended attractions near Broadwindsor

Forde Abbey, nr Chard, Somerset. A former Cistercian foundation. Photo taken September 1991.

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction W)

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Amur leopard

The Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas (2 Pictures)

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction NW)

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Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis Museum (2 Pictures)

(8.7 miles, 14.1 km, direction SW)

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A view of the Marine Aquarium on the old Cobb with Lyme regis, Dorset, in the background.

Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (1 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction SW)

Where better to see and learn about the creatures of the deep than in an aquarium suite set tantalizingly beside the sea. Well,.....

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction NE)

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, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction N)

Barrington Court is an attractive 16th-century house built in the engaging "E" shaped style of the period in mellow Ham Hill.....

Loughwood Meeting House, Dalwood, Near Axminster, Devon. Owned by the National Trust

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction W)

17th-century thatched Baptist meeting house, constructed approx 1653...

The Nine Stones, Stone Circle in Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset

The Nine Stones (1 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction SE)

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A picture of Abbotsbury Swannery

Abbotsbury Swannery (50 Pictures)

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction SE)

Set in one of the most beautiful unspoilt regions of England, Abbotsbury Swannery is home to sometimes up to 1000 beautiful.....

Cerne Giant in Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas Giant (2 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.1 km, direction E)

This magnificent figure cut into the turf of a chalk hillside is best viewed from the north of the village. He is known as "The.....

Sherborne Abbey at night

Sherborne Abbey (7 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction NE)

Without doubt this magnificent Abbey built centuries ago of creamy Ham stone ranks amongst the finest Abbey churches anywhere in.....

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum (3 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction NE)

The Fleet Air Arm Museum houses Europe's largest Naval aviation collection. Go on-board Concorde and be transported by a.....

Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle (80 Pictures)

(15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction NE)

Many fascinating tales remain from the time when Sherborne Castle was lived in by Sir Walter Raleigh, a favourite of Elizabeth I......

Pecorama gardens

Pecorama (20 Pictures)

(15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction SW)

Pecorama offers a real treat for everyone visiting Beer, a pretty coastal resort which was once the haunt of Smugglers. This.....

Lytes Cary Manor, June 2009

Lytes Cary Manor (42 Pictures)

(16.0 miles, 25.7 km, direction N)

Intimate manor house with Arts & Crafts-style garden. Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel, this was home to medieval.....

Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach (25 Pictures)

(16.7 miles, 26.9 km, direction SE)

One of the most remarkable features of England's fantastic coastal scenery is the magnificent stretch known as Chesil Beach,.....

Maiden Castle, Dorset

Maiden Castle (10 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction SE)

The finest Iron Age hillfort in Europe, Maiden Castle is the size of 50 football pitches and was first built in 600BC over the.....

Blackberry Camp. - Iron age settlement near - Beer. Devon

Blackbury Camp (18 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction W)

Blackbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort situated in Southleigh, Devon, England. The hillfort was built during the 4th century and.....

The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester. Dorset

The Keep Military Museum (15 Pictures)

(17.2 miles, 27.7 km, direction SE)

This exciting keep is the home of the Military Museum of Devon and Dorset. Here visitors with a keen interest in all things.....

The Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset

Roman Town House (1 Pictures)

(17.3 miles, 27.8 km, direction SE)

The Roman Town House was a discovery of the 1930's. From excavations beneath the ground came a rich feast of Roman history that.....


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