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White Mill, Dorset

White Mill, Dorset

The White Mill is an attraction in the delightful village of Sturminster Marshall. The cornmill occupies a site recorded in.....

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House is a fine example of a 15th Century house nestling in deepest Dorset...

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Sherborne Abbey, Dorset

Sherborne Abbey, Dorset

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

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Sherborne Castle, Dorset

Sherborne Castle, Dorset

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

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Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset

Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset

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.....

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Kingston Lacy, Dorset

Kingston Lacy, Dorset

Set in 250 acres of spectacular parkland landscaped in the latter half of the 18th century and now roamed by a herd of Red Devon.....

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Clouds Hill, Dorset

Clouds Hill, Dorset

The rural retreat of T. E. Lawrence, in Dorset...

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Horton Tower, Dorset

Horton Tower, Dorset

A 140ft tower built in the early 1700's by Humphrey Sturt...

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Hardy's Cottage, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage, Dorset

Home of poet and novelist Thomas Hardy until the age of 34. Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were.....

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Stourhead, Wiltshire

Stourhead, Wiltshire

Designed by Henry Hoare II, Stourhead is one of England's most picturesque landscape gardens with classic temples and palladian.....

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Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre, Dorset

Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre, Dorset

This is a place where "Monkey Business" really is acceptable, for the centre is home to over 150 primates of 15 different.....

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Kingston Maurward House & Gardens, Dorset

Kingston Maurward House & Gardens, Dorset

Kingston Maurward Gardens include wonderful floral displays, topiary, a wonderful walled garden, stone terraces, a lake and.....

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The Tank Museum, Dorset

The Tank Museum, Dorset

The world's best collection of tanks and fighting vehicles, including the only working example of a Tiger I tank, and a British.....

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Alfred's Tower, Wiltshire

Alfred's Tower, Wiltshire

2 miles north-west of the garden, the 50m high Tower stands on the spot where in 879AD the King raised his standard after.....

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Roman Town House, Dorset

Roman Town House, Dorset

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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