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Briantspuddle village

Briantspuddle

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction NW)

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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Lulworth Cove and Stair Hole

West Lulworth

(5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction S)

One of the most visited geological areas of Britain, Lulworth Cove has recently been placed into the World Heritage Jurassic Coastline...

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The village that time forgot

Tyneham

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction S)

Known as the Ghost village of Dorset, the village of Tyneham was requisitioned by the War Office during 1943, with all 225 residents having to leave their homes. The army never.....

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton

(5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction NW)

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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A picture of The Blue Pool

Furzebrook

(6.3 miles, 10.2 km, direction SE)

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Clavell Tower

Kimmeridge

(7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction SE)

A popular place for surfers and diving enthusiasts, Kimmeridge is a small town along the Purbeck Coast in Dorset...

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Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Higher Bockhampton

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction W)

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A picture of Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle

(8.2 miles, 13.1 km, direction SE)

Below the castle, the village of Corfe shows picturesque stone houses of the 17th-century...

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Whitcombe, Dorset

Whitcombe

(8.2 miles, 13.1 km, direction W)

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

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Milton Abbas, Dorset.

Milton Abbas

(8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction N)

Milton Abbas is a superb thatched village which has the distinction of being the first planned village of its kind in England...

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Recommended attractions near Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre

Bovington Tank Museum

The Tank Museum

(1.2 miles, 2.0 km, direction W)

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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Clouds Hill Cottage (National Trust)

Clouds Hill

(2.0 miles, 3.3 km, direction NW)

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

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St Andrew's Church

Lulworth Castle

(4.3 miles, 6.8 km, direction S)

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Grange Arch, Steeple, Dorset

Grange Arch

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction SE)

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Lulworth Cove, Dorset

Lulworth Cove

(5.6 miles, 9.1 km, direction S)

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The Blue Pool

The Blue Pool

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction SE)

Between Wareham and Corfe Castle can be found the unique visitor attraction called the Blue Pool, which was once a clay pit. Tiny.....

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction NW)

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

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Durdle Door, Wareham, part of the beautiful Dorset coastline.

Durdle Door

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction SW)

On a coast of fabulous high white cliffs there are few views to rival the spectacular Durdle Door. This natural phenomena,.....

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Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)

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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Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle

(8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction SE)

Standing in lofty splendour above the chimney pots of the village with the roaring ocean lapping the cliffs to the other side of.....

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