Local rural beauty spots in Dorset
March . 2014
Rural View estate agency recommends a variety of favourite places of interest in Dorset. If you are looking for fun by the sea or an inland adventure, we can help.
| Abbotsbury Swannery | Established in the 14th Century, the only managed colony of nesting mute swans. The adjoining sub-tropical gardens has many rare and exotic plants |
| Athelhampton Manor | A fine 15th Century manor house near Puddletown in Dorset with lovely gardens |
| Badbury Rings | One of England’s’ finest prehistoric hill fort once belonging to the Durotiges tribe and having commanding views |
| Bovington Tank Museum | The World’s largest collection of armoured fighting vehicles is on our doorstep in Dorset |
| Brownsea Island | National Trust owned, the largest of Poole harbour’s islands is home of red squirrels, is rich in birdlife and the cradle of the Boy Scout movement |
| Cerne Abbas Giant | The largest hill figure in Britain cut into Dorset chalk, famous for its huge knobbled club and prominent genitalia |
| Chesil Beach | An 18 mile shingle bank extending from Burton Bradstock to the Isle of Portland, the Fleet Nature Reserve behind is an important tidal wetland |
| Corfe Castle | Remains of the Dorset castle founded in 1080 by William the Conqueror on a steep hill, scene of Edward the Martyr’s murder and destroyed in the Civil War |
| Dorset Museum | Gothic style building housing diverse range of artefacts from dinosaur footprints, prehistoric and roman remains to Thomas Hardy manuscripts |
| Hardy’s Cottage | Birthplace of Dorset poet Thomas Hardy, a small thatched cottage where he wrote some his early novels |
| Kingston Lacy | National Trust owned 17th Century house standing in beautiful grounds built for the Bankes family and housing an outstanding collection of work of arts |
| Lulworth Castle | A former 17th Century Lodge owned by the Weld family since 1641 and much altered since |
| Lulworth Cove | A horseshoe shaped cove part of Dorsets Jurassic Coast and close to the spectacular limestone arch of Durdle Door |
| Maiden Castle | The largest hill fort in Britain dating back some 3,000 years but with high ramparts still well preserved |
| Russell-Coates Gallery | Cliff top Victorian building in Bournemouth housing a varied art collection |
| Sherborne Castle | Actually two castles; the ruins of an early 12th Century one and the current country house built for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594 |
| Studland | Approached from Poole via a chain ferry, a long stretch of sandy beach and nature reserve owned by the National Trust stretching to Old Harry Rocks |
| Tyneham | The remains of a Dorset village near Worbarrow Bay requisitioned by the military in 1943 |
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