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For someone who was lived all his life in the outskirts of big cities, going to Dorset is a real treat. Devon is located at the south west of England, surrounded by Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire. All these counties were part of the ancient kingdom of Wessex. Devon’s main city is Bournemouth with its sandy beach is one of the most famous England sea resorts.
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Shaftesbury is a picturesque town with eighteenth century cottages, abbey ruins and cobbled streets. Gold hill is a busy spot for photograph lovers. Sherborne is another charming little town with lots of old houses. Abbey Church and the rest of the monastic buildings were rebuilt in the fifteenth century. The beautiful Almhouse which is next to the abbey is a very photogenic medieval building. Cerne Abbas village is known for the fifty-five metres giant carved on a chalk hillside. The giant is a fertility symbol as his erectile organ can be seen from the car park at the road.
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Dorchester is the county town of Dorset and the best base to explore Maiden Castle, a very unique prehistoric fortified site at the south outskirts of the town. Its ramparts and ditches have a defensive function against invaders. Weymouth is another seaside resort with a picturesque old harbour full of trawlers and yachts. The Esplanade is packed with Georgian houses all with great view of the long beach. Lyme Regis is famous for the great concentration of fossils in the coastal cliffs. Keen Fossil-hunters hammers the soft limestone and clay rocks of the cliff. The Cobb, an artificial harbour wall which protects the town from the rough sea, offers great views of the beach and surroundings cliffs.
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lou31 Tue Mar 4, 2008 14:03 UTC Loved the Shaftesbury pic. I just have to visit Gold Hill for a photo shoot. It's a pity I can't find much more on VT about Shaftesbury. Loved the rest of your page as well...cheers | Sjalen Tue Mar 27, 2007 09:42 UTC Great! Are there more Shaftesbury pics? A new page perhaps? :) | simbac2001 Thu Jan 25, 2007 16:33 UTC Interesting info...would definitely like to visit there one sweet day | iandsmith Sun Oct 22, 2006 20:13 UTC Mmm, I've pencilled in Shaftesbury for lunch. (Sadly, I got misplaced and went elsewhere) |
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Dorset Hotels
- Bournemouth Hotels
- Weymouth Hotels
- Best Western Hotel Prince Regent
139 The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset DT4
- Bw Hotel Prince Regent
139 Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset DT4
- Chandlers Hotel
4 Westerhall Road, Weymouth, DT4 7SZ, United Kingd
- Your Hotel Wessex Royale Hotel
32 High West Street Dorchester Dorset County
- Hotel Rembrandt
12-18 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT4 7JU, gb
- Poole Hotels
- Express By Holiday Inn POOLE
Walking Field Lane
- FJB HARBOUR HEIGHTS HOTEL
Haven Road Sandbanks 1, POOLE, BH137LW, GB
- Bw Harbour Heights Hotel
73 Haven Road
- Best Western Harbour Heights Hotel
73 Haven Road, Sandbanks, Poole, BH13 7LW, GB
- FJB SANDBANKS HOTEL
Banks Road - Sandbanks 1, Poole, BH13 7PS, GB
- Swanage Hotels
- Manor House Hotel
Beach Road,Studland Bay, Swanage, BH19 3AU, GB
- YHA Swanage
Cluny Crescent, , Swanage, England BH19 2DD
- Bw The Grand Hotel
Burlington Road, Swanage, Dorset BH19
- Louisa Lodge & Purbeck House Hotel
91 High Street, Swanage, Dorset BH19
- Ulwell Cottage Caravan Park
Ulwell Cottage, , Swanage, England SP7 8AW
- Dorchester Hotels
- Bw White Hart Hotel
26 High Street, Dorchester, EN, OX107HN, GB
- Little Court
Charminster, Dorchester, DT2 9PZ, GB
- Summer Lodge
Fore Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0JR, uk
- Best Western Kings Arms Hotel
30 High Street, Dorchester, United Kingdom, DT1 1H
- Summer Lodge
9 Fore Street - Evershot, Dorchester Gb DT2 0JR, D
- Wareham Hotels
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