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Hardy Monument, Dorset

Hardy Monument, Dorset

Erected in memory of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy of HMS Victory, and offering glorious views across Dorest.....

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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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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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Lewesdon Hill, Dorset

Lewesdon Hill, Dorset

Lewesdon Hill is the highest point in Dorset with views between the trees over Devon, Somerset and out to sea. The hill is 915ft.....

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Longleat House & Safari Park, Wiltshire

Longleat House & Safari Park, Wiltshire

On entering the great grounds of Longleat House through the entrance known as "Heaven's Gate" visitors are immediately struck by.....

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Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset

Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset

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

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Maiden Castle, Dorset

Maiden Castle, Dorset

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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Mapperton House & Gardens, Dorset

Mapperton House & Gardens, Dorset

One of the finest attractions in Dorset, Mapperton House & Gardens was 2020 winner of the Historic Houses ‘Garden of the.....

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Max Gate, Dorset

Max Gate, Dorset

Home of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy...

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Montacute House, Somerset

Montacute House, Somerset

This is one of the most glittering of all the great Elizabethan mansions in England. It is built of glowing honey-coloured Ham.....

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Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle, Somerset

A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....

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Pilsdon Pen, Dorset

Pilsdon Pen, Dorset

Pilsdon Pen is a hill in the North end of the Marshwood Vale, Dorset, 4.5 miles west of Beaminster. It is topped by an ancient.....

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Priest's House, Somerset

Late medieval hall house in a picturesque village, which was built by Muchelney Abbey in 1308 for the parish priest...

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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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Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve, Somerset

Shapwick Heath Nature Reserve, Somerset

"Shapwick Heath NNR is a major wetland reserve forming a large part of the Avalon Marshes. It boasts a wide variety of habitats,.....

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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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