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St. Peters Square. Emsworth. Hampshire

Emsworth in the county of Hampshire

Gurnard Head from Zennor Head

Zennor in the county of Cornwall

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Cottages, Higher Bockhampton

Higher Bockhampton

(1.1 miles, 1.7 km)

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Nappers Mite, Dorchester, Dorset

Dorchester

(1.6 miles, 2.5 km, direction W)

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset and is the heart of Thomas Hardy's Wessex. On the outskirts of the town you will find Hardy’s birthplace and family home in Higher.....

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Whitcombe church

Whitcombe

(1.9 miles, 3.1 km, direction S)

A small picturesque Dorset village just 2 miles southeast of the historic market town of Dorchester...

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton

(3.9 miles, 6.2 km, direction NE)

Athelhampton lies close to the little River Piddle which almost entirely encircles Athelhampton House which was built in the 15th-century by Sir William Martyn who was granted the lands and a license to build upon them by King Henry VII in the year 1483...

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Piddlehinton Church

Piddlehinton

(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction N)

Piddlehinton is a picturesque village in the Piddle valley in the county of Dorset, and is 5 miles north of the county town of Dorchester. It has one pub called The Thimble, and.....

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Osmington view over golden cab, Dorset

Osmington

(5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction S)

The pretty village of Osmington is situated along the Jurassic coast just 4 miles North-East of the historic resort of Weymouth. It has narrow streets and pretty thatched.....

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The River Cerne in Dorset

Nether Cerne

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction NW)

A picturesque hamlet in Dorset..

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Briantspuddle, Dorset.

Briantspuddle

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction E)

This remarkable village owes much to the agricultural experiment carried out by Sir Ernest Debenham during the years between the two World Wars...

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Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NW)

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

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The Sydling Valley, Dorset

Sydling St Nicholas

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction NW)

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...

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Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage

(1.0 miles, 1.6 km)

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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Max Gate

Max Gate

(1.1 miles, 1.7 km)

Home of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy...

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Fire Brigade

Dorset County Museum

(1.4 miles, 2.2 km, direction W)

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The Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset

Roman Town House

(1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction W)

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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The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester. Dorset

The Keep Military Museum

(1.7 miles, 2.8 km, direction W)

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

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Maiden Castle, Dorset

Maiden Castle

(3.3 miles, 5.4 km, direction SW)

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

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House

(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction NE)

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

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Penquin at SeaLife Centre in Weymouth

Sea Life Park, Weymouth

(6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction S)

A unique mix of indoor and outdoor attractions set in seven acres makes Sea Life a great family day out. The Park offers a day.....

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The Nine Stones, Stone Circle in Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset

The Nine Stones

(6.7 miles, 10.7 km, direction W)

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Clouds Hill Cottage (National Trust)

Clouds Hill

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction E)

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

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