Information about the region Dorset (10), Great Britain

Dorset and its hidden gems. Dorset is situated on the South Coast of England.

Position

Country: Great Britain

Cities/Places: Beaminster | Blandford Forum | Bournemouth | Bridport | Broadstone | Burton Bradstock | Christchurch | Corfe Castle | Dorchester | Evershot | Lyme Regis | Oborne | Piddlehinton | Poole | Portland | Sherborne | Stoborough | Swanage | Wareham | Waytown | West Lulworth | Weymouth | Wimborne Minster


Arrival

Arrival by car

M3 from London
M5 from Birmingham

Arrival by plane

Main airports are Bournemouth, Southampton, Exeter and Bristol

Arrival by train

Direct trains from London Waterloo that stop at Christchurch, Wareham, Dorchester and Weymouth

Arrival by bus

National Express Coaches

Arrival by ship

Ferry services are to and from Weymouth, Poole, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton


Activities in summer

Walking, cycling, treasure trails, fishing, golf, sailing, windsurfing. Extreme sport

Thermal baths/outdoor pools/Lakes

Weymouth, Greenhill, Bowleaze, Hive beaches, Ringstead Bay

Extras for children

Donkey rides. Punch and Judy shows. Paintballing. Moors Valley Country Park. Roman Town House, Dorchester.

Activities in winter

Tank museum, Victorian house Max Gate.

Mountain railway

Swanage steam railway.

Skilifte

Snowtrax.


Food and Beverage

The Corner House Cafe, Weymouth. Abbot Tearoom, Dorchester. Marlboro Fish and Chips, Weymouth. The Saxon Arms, Dorchester.

purchase

Antiques in Dorchester. Ceramics in Lyme Regis. Markets in Christchurch, Shaftesbury, Wareham. Large selection of shops in Bournemouth.

Museums

The Blandford Fashion Museum. Dorset County Museum.

Discos/Bars

The Halfway Inn, Wareham. The Village Inn, Swanage. The Thimble Inn, Dorchester.

Places of interest.

Gold Hill, Shaftesbury. Mangerton Mill, Highcliffe Castle

Charming aspects

Cerbe Abbas Giant. Corfe Castle. Fossil hunting. Athelhampton haunted house.

 


Host/s in region Dorset (10)

Guesthouse
Aquila Heights Guest House | Frome Corner | Harlquin Guesthouse
Hotel
BEST WESTERN Hotel Rembrandt | The Grange at Oborne
Farm
Colesmoor Farm | Knaveswell Farm | Launceston Farm
Others
2 Heath Cottages | 3Quaters b&b | Aaran Guesthouse | Abbots Tearoom and Bed & Breakfast | Alexander Lodge Guest House | Alexandra Hotel & Restaurant | Amberlea Guest House | Ambrose Cottage | Ammonite Bed and Breakfast | Applegrove | Applewood Hotel | Arcadia Guest House | Arlington Hotel | Arndale Court Hotel | Arnewood House | Ashmira Guest House | Avon Breeze | Avon Causeway Hotel | Balincourt Guest House | Bay View Breeze | Beach House | Beach View Guest House | Beachcomber Guest House | Beachside Bed & Breakfast | Belhuish Farm House | Birch House B&B | Bishops | Blue Palms Hotel | Blue Shutters Guest House | Bonnington Beach Hotel | Boscombe Spa Hotel | Bourne Hall Hotel | Bowes House Bed And Breakfast | Bramlies Bed & Breakfast | Bridgehouse Hotel | Bridport Arms Hotel | Brierley Guest House | Brooklands Hotel | Bure Lodge | Burley Court Hotel | Canford Crossing B&B | Cashmoor House | Caythorpe House | Cecil Court Hotel | Channel View Guesthouse | Charlesworth Hotel | Charlotte Guest House | Chesil Beach Lodge | Chewton Edge Guest House | Christchurch Harbour Hotel & Spa | Churchview Guest House | Clare House | Corner Meadow | Cransley Hotel | Crofton Guest House | Crosskeys House | Cumberland Hotel | Cumberland House B & B | Dean Park Inn | Denewood Hotel | Dorset Cottage | Dorset House | Durbey Field Guest House | Durley Dean Hotel | East Creech Farm | East Farm House Bed and Breakfast | Eastney Hotel | Eype's Mouth Country Hotel | Field Farmhouse | Fleetwater Guest House | Florence House | Florian Guesthouse | Fosters Guest House | George Albert Hotel | George Hotel | Gerrards Farm | Gleneagles Guest House | Glenlee Guest House | Gloucester House | Graingers’s Guest House | Grand Hotel Swanage | Green Gable Guest House | Greenlands Guest House | Gresham Hotel | Grosvenor Lodge Guest House | Grovefield Manor Hotel | Guest House A Knights Rest | Haddon House | Harbour House | Heathcote House | Hermitage Hotel | Highway Farm | Hinton Firs Hotel | Holmebridge House B&B | Honey Lodge | Hotel Aqua | Hotel Celebrity | Hotel Collingwood | Hotel Riviera | Hyde Cottage | Ingledene Guest House | Kelston Guest House | Kemps Country House | Kersbrook | Kimmeridge Farm House | Kingston Country Courtyard | Kingswood Guest House | La Fosse at Cranborne | Lacey's Bed & Breakfast | Lake Views b&b | Lakeside Guest House | Lancombes House | Lantern House | Lea Hurst Hotel | Les Bouviers Restaurant with Rooms | Letchworth Guest House | Lichfield House | Limestone at Lulworth Hotel | Linden Lea | Little Court Hotel | Little Gem Guest House | Liza Inn | Lloyds Hotel | Longpuddle Bed & Breakfast | Lower Bryanston Farm | Luckford Lake Farm | Lulworth Cove Inn | Lulworth Mill House | Lyndale Guest House | Lynden Court Hotel | Mansfield Hotel | Marlins Hotel | Marsham Court Hotel | Mayfield Hotel | Melcombe Villa Guesthouse | Minton Lodge Hotel | Moonfleet Manor Hotel | Mortons House Hotel | Morven Guest House | Mory House | Munden House | New House Farm | Newlands Holiday Park | Norden House | Number 9 | Oaklands Edwardian Guesthaouse | Ocean Breeze Guest House | Ocean Lodge | Old Harbour View | Oxbridge Farm | Oxford House | Palm Court | Park Edge | Perry’s Bed and Breakfast | Philbeach Guest House | Pines Hotel | Portland Marina View Penthouse Apartment | Portmann Lodge | Priory Farm Cottage | Purbeck House Hotel | Quarterdeck Hotel | Quayside Close Holiday Apartments | Queen Anne House | Quigley B&B | Regency House Hotel | Riversmead b&b | Riviera Hotel | Roundhouse B&B | Russell Court Hotel | Sailors Return | Salmons Reach Guest House | Salterns Harbourside Hotel | Sandy Bay Guest House | Sea House Bed and Breakfast | Seapoint B&B | Shirley B&B | Sou' West Lodge | Southernhay Guesthouse | Southville Guest House | Spring Cottage | Springfield Country Hotel | Spurwing guest house | St John’s Guest House | Stoneleigh Barn Bed & Breakfast | Summer Lodge Hotel Country House | Sunbay Guest House | Sundrum Bed and Breakfast | Swanage Haven | The Alendale Guest House | The Anchorage | The Anvil Inn | The Ashleigh | The Beach House | The Beacon Hotel | The Bedford Guest House | The Beech Tree | The Black Bear Hotel | The Bourneville Hotel | The Brace Of Pheasants | The Bridge House Hotel | The Bull Hotel | The Casterbridge | The Castleton | The Cavendale | The Cavendish Hotel | The Charlton Inn | The Chetnole Inn | The Chines Hotel | The Chocolate Boutique Hotel | The Claremont | The Cottage | The Cremona | The Croham Hotel | The Crown Hotel | The Crown Inn | The Cumberland Hotel | The East Cliff Cottage Hotel | The Eastbury Hotel | The Fairmount Hotel | The Fisherman's Haunt | The Flintstones Guest House | The Gamekeeper | The Goat House | The Green House | The Grove Hotel | The Hambro Arms | The Heights Hotel | The Heritage Bed & Breakfast | The Hop Inn | The Hunters Moon | The Inn at Cranborne | The Kings Arms Hotel | The Langtry Manor Hotel | The Limes | The Maemar Hotel | The Manchester Hotel | The Manor Hotel | The Marina Court Hotel | The Mariners Guesthouse | The Mariners Hotel | The New Inn Portland | The New Westcliff Hotel | The Norfolk Hotel | The Ocean Hotel | The Ocean View Hotel | The Old Mill B&B | The Old Rectory | The Orchid Hotel | The OX Hotel | The Park Central Hotel | The Pebbles | The Piddle Inn | The Pinedale Hotel | The Pinegrove B&B | The Pink House | The Plantation | The Plume of Feathers | The Poachers Inn | The Queen Mary Inn | The Rose and Crown Inn Trent | The Rosefield Guest House | The Roselyn Hotel | The Rothesay | The Sandhaven | The Scott Arms | The Seacrest | The Seaham Bed and Breakfast | The Shave Cross Inn | The Sherborne Hotel | The Strand Hotel | The Suncliff | The Talbot Hotel | The Tiger Inn | The Tregonholme Hotel | The True Lovers Knot | The Warwick Guest House | The Wessex Royale Hotel | The West Bay Hotel | The Westbrook Hotel | The Westby Guest House | The White House | The White House | The Whitehall Hotel | The Wilton Guest House | The Windsor Hotel | The Yenton Hotel | Thorn Bank | Timrick Lodge | Topaz Hotel | Tower House Hotel | Tudor Grange Hotel | Urban Beach Hotel | Valentine Guest House | Viewpoint Guesthouse | Wadham Guesthouse | Warwick Court Hotel | Water's Edge Bed & Breakfast | Waters Reach Guest House | Weston Cottage | Westwood House | Weymouth Sands | Whispering Chimneys B&B | Whitecliff Guest House | Wooden Cabbage | Worgret Manor | Wynards Farm Bed & Breakfast | Yalbury Cottage | Yellowham Farmhouse

Cottages & alps

Mallard cottage, Christchurch. The Old Piggery. Harrow Wood Farm and Caravan Park, Christchurch. Crafty Camping, Holditch.

Our neighbours

Dorset borders Devon to the West, Somerset to the North-West, Wiltshire to the North-East, and Hampshire to the East. The county town is Dorchester.

Interesting things

Glamping tent in Holditch. Jurassic coast.

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