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Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock (56 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction E)

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.....

That was one long walk

Bridport (32 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction N)

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...

Beach at Seatown, Dorset

Seatown (33 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (2.9 miles, 4.6 km, direction W)

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.....

Netherbury

Netherbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction N)

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A panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction NW)

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Golden Cap, Dorset

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction W)

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.....

Abbotsbury, Dorset, England

Abbotsbury (104 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction SE)

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

Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (276 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)

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...

Across the Fleet Lagoon

Langton Herring (1 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction SE)

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Axminster, Devon

Axminster (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction NW)

Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon...

The Sydling Valley, Dorset

Sydling St Nicholas (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction NE)

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...

Hardy's Dorset

Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction NE)

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

Axmouth Harbour, Devon. Winter sunset.

Axmouth (16 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction W)

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

Axe harbour at Seaton, Devon.

Seaton (312 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Devon (13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction W)

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...

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon

Colyton (21 Pictures)

in the county of Devon (13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction W)

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.....

Cerne Abbas Abbey

Cerne Abbas (68 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction NE)

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

Thomas Hardy's cottage

Dorchester (86 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction E)

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.....

Country field

Chard (450 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Somerset (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction NW)

Chard is a small market town in somerset..

Weymouth Seafront

Weymouth (208 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction SE)

It was King George III who first put Weymouth on the map as a popular tourist destination after making it his summer holiday residence between 1789 and 1805, where he would bath.....

Minterne Magna

Minterne Magna (22 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction NE)

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Recommended attractions near West Bay

A picture of Abbotsbury Swannery

Abbotsbury Swannery (50 Pictures)

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction SE)

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

Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis Museum (2 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction W)

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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)

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction W)

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

The Nine Stones, Stone Circle in Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset

The Nine Stones (1 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction E)

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Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach (25 Pictures)

(10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction SE)

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

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

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NW)

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Maiden Castle, Dorset

Maiden Castle (10 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction E)

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

Amur leopard

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

(12.8 miles, 20.5 km, direction NW)

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The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester. Dorset

The Keep Military Museum (15 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.3 km, direction E)

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)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction E)

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

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

Loughwood Meeting House (13 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction NW)

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

Cerne Giant in Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas Giant (2 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction NE)

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.....

Penquin at SeaLife Centre in Weymouth

Sea Life Park, Weymouth (1 Pictures)

(14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction SE)

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.....

Pecorama gardens

Pecorama (20 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction W)

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

Nothe Fort, Weymouth

Nothe Fort (17 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction SE)

Nothe Fort lies to the east of Weymouth. This spectacular "D" shaped building is preserved as one of the finest pieces of.....

Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage (4 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction E)

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

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(16.8 miles, 27.0 km, direction N)

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

Portland Castle, Dorset

Portland Castle (1 Pictures)

(17.0 miles, 27.4 km, direction SE)

This is one of the best preserved of all King Henry VIII's mighty fortresses, built by the monarch to guard the south coast.....

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

Blackbury Camp (18 Pictures)

(17.4 miles, 27.9 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.....

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(17.9 miles, 28.9 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.....


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