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Towns in Dorset
Abbotsbury
Alderholt
Almer
Arne
Ashmore
Askerswell
Batcombe
Beaminster
The market town of Beaminster makes a charming place to shop, browse and sample local fare. Three times devastated by fire, this prosperous little town once thrived from wool cloth and sailcloth, sackcloth and shoe-thread, rope and twine.
Bere Regis
Bincombe
Bishops Caundle
Blandford Forum
Bloxworth
Boscombe
Bournemouth
Internationally renowned for being one of Europe's most fashionable resorts, Bournemouth attracts millions of visitors of all ages and nationalities each year
Bourton
Bovington Camp
Bradford Abbas
Bradpole
Bridport
Bridport was once the focus for the rope and networking industry in the 13th century, hence the long, narrow rope-walks used originally for twisting and drying the cord and twine made in Bridport.
Broadmayne
Broadstone
Broadwey
Broadwindsor
Buckhorn Weston
Buckland Newton
Burstock
Burton
Burton Bradstock
Canford Cliffs
Canford Magna
Castletown
Cerne Abbas
Famed for the Cerne Giant - a striking, mysterious, 180-foot high figure cut into the chalk downs overlooking the village, Cerne Abbas is popular for its picturesque streets, 15th century houses and Abbey ruins.
Chalbury
Chaldon Herring
Charlton
Charlton Marshall
Charminster
Charmouth
Charmouth with its sandy beach, is world famous for the fossils formed within Jurassic rocks 200 million years ago, and now being revealed as the cliffs erode in massive landslips.
Chelborough
Cheselbourne
Chesil
Chetnole
Chettle
Chickerell
Chideock
Child Okeford
Christchurch
Historic Christchurch nestles between the River Avon and Stour at their confluence and enjoys unparalleled harbour views, walks and wildlife. Close to lively Bournemouth and the tranquillity of the New Forest and rural Dorset…
Compton
Compton Abbas
Corfe Castle
Corfe Mullen
Corscombe
Cranborne
Cranborne Chase
Daggons
Dewlish
Dorchester
The county town of Dorchester has much to offer the visitor, with its bustling shopping precincts, elegant 18th century houses and vital cultural life.
Durweston
East Lulworth
East Orchard
East Parley
East Stoke
East Stour
Easton
Edmondsham
Evershot
Farnham
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Ferndown
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Fontmell Magna
Fortuneswell
Fortuneswell is a village on the northern side of the Isle of Portland. Its streets wind their way up steep hills which rise from sea level near Chesil Beach to a height of 500 feet at the top of the isle.
Frampton
Frome St. Quintin
Gillingham
Glanvilles Wooton
Godmanstone
Grimstone
Grove
Gussage St Michael
Halstock
Hammoon
Hampreston
Hamworthy
Handley
Haselbury Bryan
Haydon
Highcliffe
Lying four miles to the east of Christchurch, Highcliffe is just over a century old and during recent years has developed into a thriving and attractive area with beautiful, clean beaches, an excellent range of accommodation and good parking facilities.
Hilton
Holdenhurst
Holton Heath
Holwell
Hooke
Horton
Hurn
Iford
Iwerne Minster
Kimmeridge
Kingston
Langton Matravers
Leigh
Lillington
Little Bredy
Loders
Long Bredy
Long Burton
Long Crichel
Longham
Lulworth Camp
Lydlinch
Lyme Regis
The dramatic coastline of Lyme Regis is an area of great natural beauty, criss-crossed by good rambling paths, and home to many kinds of flora and fauna.
Lytchett Matravers
Lytchett Minster
Maiden Newton
Manston
Mappowder
Marnhull
Marshwood
Melbury Abbas
Melbury Bubb
Melcombe Regis
Milborne St. Andrew
Milton Abbas
Morden
Morecombelake
Moreton
Quiet, peaceful, off the beaten track, Moreton is a mixture of village styles - linear in parts with a little thatched street, dispersed in others.
Mosterton
Motcombe
Mudeford
Only two miles from Christchurch, Mudeford is a charming fishing village lying at the entrance to Christchurch Harbour, a mecca for water-sports enthusiasts and fishermen.
Nether Cerne
Netherbury
Osmington
Over Compton
Overcombe
Overcombe is a quiet beachfront area on the eastern side of Weymouth. It is about 2 miles from the town centre and harbour, with a frequent bus service. There is adequate parking. The beach itself is sand and shingle and is safe.
Owermoigne
Parkstone
Pentridge
Piddlehinton
Piddletrenthide
Pilsdon
Pimperne
Poole
Portesham
Portland Harbour
Powerstock
Poxwell
Preston
Puddletown
Puncknowle
Radipole
Rampisham
Ringstead
Rodwell
Shaftesbury
Shapwick
Sherborne
Sherborne is a mellow-stoned living pageant of history. The ancient Abbey Church has one of the most graceful and delicate fan-vaulted roofs in England, and some fine stained glass.
Shillingstone
Shroton
Silton
South Perrott
Southbourne
Southwell
Spetisbury
St. Ives
St. Leonards
Stalbridge
Stoborough
Stoke Abbott
Stour Provost
Stourpaine
Stourton Caundle
Stratton
Studland
Sturminster Marshall
Sturminster Newton
Sutton Bingham
Swanage
Swyre
Tarrant Gunville
Tarrant Hinton
Tarrant Keynston
Tarrant Monkton
Tarrant Rushton
Thorncombe
Three Legged Cross
Todber
Toller Porcorum
Tolpuddle
Trent
Turners Puddle
Tyneham
Ulwell
Upton
Upwey
Verwood
Wareham
West Bay
West Chaldon
West Compton
West Lulworth
West Moors
West Orchard
West Parley
Weston
Weymouth
Weymouth is a diverse and popular resort set in the heart of the UNESCO Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. It's bounded by Lyme Bay and Chesil Beach to the west, and Weymouth Bay to the south and east.
Whitchurch Canonicorum
Whitcombe
Whitechurch
Wimborne Minster
The delightful historic, bustling market town of Wimborne Minster lies in the picturesque water meadows of the rivers Stour and Allen. Wimborne Minster is twinned with Valognes in France and Ochsenfurt in Germany.
Wimborne St. Giles
Winfrith Newburgh
Winterborne Abbas
Winterborne Kingston
Winterborne Monkton
Winterborne Steepleton
Winterborne Stickland
Winton
Witchampton
Woodsford
Wool
Woolland
Wootton Fitzpaine
Worth Matravers
Wyke Regis
Yetminster


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