Dorset - England's Historic South Coast

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An Introduction To Dorset

Dorset is one of England's prettiest and most historic counties and lies in the middle of the South Coast.

It is bordered by Hampshire to the east, Devon to the west, Wiltshire to the northeast and Somerset to the northwest.

Dorset scenery varies considerably form the north to the south.

In the south you have the beautiful beaches that stretch from Christchurch to Bournemouth, Sandbanks and across the Purbeck Hills to Swanage, the Chalk Cliffs of the Jurassic Coast, plus historic towns such as Lyme Regis and Dorchester.

In the northern part of Dorset you have wonderful old towns such as Wimborne, Sherborne and Shaftesbury together with rolling hills and fields full of crops and wildlife.

Dorset has a history that goes back many centuries. The landscape is covered with Iron Age burial mounds and hill forts, the remains of Roman Settlements and roads, and many other features of interest.

Despite all of this, Dorset is relatively little know to most Americans, so hopefully this lens will help to increase the awareness of this wonderful county in England where I was born.

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MAP OF DORSET

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I hope you enjoy your virtual visit to historic Dorset, on the South Coast of England. As well as this lens, you should find links to other lenses and web sites about places in Dorset.

DORSET ON WIKIPEDIA 

Dorset () (or archaically, Dorsetshire), is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town has been Dorchester since at least 1305, situated in the south of the county at . Between its extreme points Dorset measures from east to west and north to south, and has an area of . Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. Around half of Dorset's population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation. The rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density. Dorset's motto is 'Who's Afear'd'.

Dorset is famous for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, which features landforms such as Lulworth Cove, the Isle of Portland, Chesil Beach and Durdle Door, as well as the holiday resorts of Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth, Swanage, and Lyme Regis. Dorset is the principal setting of the novels of Thomas Hardy, who was born near Dorchester. The county has a long history of human settlement and some notable archaeology, including the hill forts of Maiden Castle and Hod Hill.

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SOUTHEAST DORSET 

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christchurch, bournemouth, boscombe, ringwood

 

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SOUTH DORSET 

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poole, sandbanks, purbeck hills, swanage, corfe castle, wareham, wool, kimmeridge, lulworth cove, army ranges, bovington

 

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SOUTHWEST DORSET 

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weymouth, portland bill, chesil beach, abbotsbury, bridport, west bay, lyme regis, sidmouth.

NORTH DORSET 

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shaftesbury, sherborne, yeovil, wimborne

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James "Jim" Michael Cronin MBE (15 November 1951-17 March 2007) was the founder in 1987 of Monkey World in Dorset, England, a sanctuary for abused and neglected primates. He was widely acknowledged as an international expert in the rescue and rehabi...

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I hope you enjoyed your visit to Dorset. Please take time to let me know what you think.

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    Eying-Monk Eying-Monk Apr 8, 2009 @ 7:54 am
    Dorset is truly a beautiful place and I'm lucky enough to live here. I run Dorset Catering company and it's great to see people get married in the lovely surroundings.
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    dc64 dc64 Apr 5, 2009 @ 9:32 pm
    I see Corfe Castle is in Dorset, and after researching the history of the castle, I think it would be a great idea to do another "Castles of England" lens. (Thanks for the suggestion, Bamburgh Castle is amazing, so I have to include that one as well.) When I get it up and running, I'll come back and lensroll this one to it.
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    mulberry mulberry Dec 24, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
    Well, if the economy ever turns around (meaning my now pitiful stock portfolio) I do hope to make it over to merry old England...I'll be referencing some of your lenses for sure.
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    AndyPo AndyPo Dec 5, 2008 @ 6:31 am
    A beautiful part of the country
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