Dorset Visitor Guide 2020

Location, Location Awe lnspiring Towns and Villages A Real Jurassic World Simple Pleasures Delicious Destination Carfree Abandon Family Fun Be Our Guest Great Days Out Map 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 40 50 “ l f you love to explore, Dorset is the place for you. We found that the area was bursting with cultural and natural beauty ” Blogger, Frock Me l’m Famous. Gold Hill, Shaftesbury renowned for the nostalgic Hovis advert. Cover: Man O’ War Beach. James Loveridge C R AN B O R N E CHA S E AON B DO R S E T AON B Holditch Pilsdon Thorncombe Stoke Abbott Symondsbury Melplash Puncknowle Sutton Poyntz Whitchurch Canonicorum Middlemarsh Longburton Morcombelake Nether Compton Sandford Orcas Winterbourne Abbas Charminster Wyke Regis Burton Bradstock Portesham Littlebredy Abbotsbury Chideock Seatown Eype Frampton Bradford Peverell Maiden Newton Cattistock Sydling St Nicholas Cerne Abbas Plush Spetisbury Witchampton Moor Crichel Holt Heath Chetnole Leigh Yetminster Templecombe Thornford Charmouth Seaton Dalwood Beer Broadwindsor Netherbury Hooke Chedington Corscombe Mosterton Evershot Melbury Osmond Buckland Newton Milton Abbas Milborne St Andrew Winterborne Whitechurch Winterborne Stickland Piddletrenthide Piddlehinton Puddletown Tolpuddle Athelhampton Moreton Warmwell Owermoigne Osmington Mills Ringstead Winfrith Newburgh East Holme East Creech Church Knowle West Lulworth Kimmeridge Swyre Head Portland Bill Tyneham Kingston Sandbanks Arne Holton Heath Parkstone Hamworthy Branksome Pokesdown Worth Matravers Langton Matravers Durlston Head Edmondsham Wimborne St Giles Horton Tarrant Monkton Sturminster Marshall Hurn HIGHCLIFFE Mudeford BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORT Norden Golden Cap Hengistbury Head Old Harry Rocks C h e s i l B e a c h The Cobb West Bay (Broadchurch) STURMINSTER NEWTON Okeford Fitzpaine Shillingstone Stourpaine STALBRIDGE Child Okeford Stock Gaylard Hazelbury Bryan Mappowder Higher Melcombe Ibberton Fiddleford Turnworth Ansty Cheselbourne Hilton Kings Stag Purse Caundle Marnhull Compton Abbas Fontmell Magna Iwerne Minster Ashmore Pimperne Chettle Tarrant Gunville Gussage St Andrew Gussage St Michael Gussage All Saints SHERBORNE GILLINGHAM DORCHESTER WEYMOUTH ISLE OF PORTLAND CHICKERELL BRIDPORT BEAMINSTER LYME REGIS YEOVIL CREWKERNE CHARD AXMINSTER West Bexington Osmington Wool WAREHAM SWANAGE Bere Regis West Stafford Stinsford BLANDFORD FORUM WIMBORNE MINSTER FERNDOWN BROADSTONE POOLE BOURNEMOUTH VERWOOD CRANBORNE Sixpenny Handley Pentridge SHAFTESBURY FORDINGBRIDGE RINGWOOD CHRISTCHURCH Upwey Broadmayne Preston Radipole Fleet Langton Herring Lower Bockhampton Lulworth Cove Durdle Door Lodmoor J u r a s s i c C o a s t R o a d Poundbury Swanage Railway To Salisbury To Southampton & the New Forest Bovington Lytchett Minster Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site Tourist Information Centre Tourist Information Point Viewpoint Swimming Pool Train Station Airport Map not to scale White Horse Maiden Castle Dancing Ledge Eggardon Hill Fort Pilsdon Pen Hill Fort Lewesdon Hill Lambert’s and Coney’s Castle Hill Fort Jurassic Coast continues to Exmouth in East Devon Cerne Giant Heritage Coast Centre Monkey World The Etches Collection Blue Pool Purbeck Sports Centre Lulworth Outdoors Mapperton House and Gardens Beaminster Museum St Catherine’s Chapel The Tank Museum Dinosaur Museum,Tutankhamun Exhibition, Teddy Bear Museum, Max Gate, The Keep Military Museum Minterne Gardens Haynes International Motor Museum Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park Adventure Wonderland RockReef Hardy’s Cottage Dorset Falconry Park Clouds Hill Splashdown Palmers Brewery Symondsbury Estate DonkeyWalking Adventures Bridport Leisure Centre Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne Castles, Sherborne Museum,Almshouse Furleigh Estate WineTours Weymouth SEALIFE Adventure Park Sandworld and Nothe Fort Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Corfe Castle Lyme Bay Rib Charter Great Dorset Steam Fair Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park Lyme Regis Town Mill, Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis Museum Lyme BayWatersports Kingston Lacy White Mill Badbury Rings Knowlton Church and Earthworks Hod Hill Bulbarrow Hill Fontmell and Melbury Downs Melbury Hill Gold Hill Hambledon Hill Studland Bay Brownsea Island Hardy Monument Start of Jurassic Coast Lulworth Castle and Park A30 A37 A35 A35 A35 A31 A358 A3066 B3052 B3157 B3157 A3030 A356 A354 A354 A350 A354 A354 A338 A338 A338 A31 A350 A352 A352 A303 National Trust National Trust National Trust National Trust National Trust National Trust National Trust National Trust National Trust A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DORSET Sub-Tropical Gardens Abbotsbury Swannery Chilfrome West Moors Wootton Fitzpaine West Milton Powerstock Salway Ash Notton