Stalbridge in Brief Stalbridge is the smallest town and a civil parish in the north of Dorset, southwest England. It’s situated in the Blackmore Vale, near the border with Somerset, about a mile west of the River Stour. The town is located around 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, and about 7 miles (11…
Sherborne in Brief Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in northwest Dorset in the south of England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale on the River Yeo. The town is located 6 miles (10 km) east of Yeovil and 35 miles (5 km) south of Bristol. Sherborne is probably…
Dorchester in Brief Dorchester is an ancient market town and civil parish in Dorset, south-west England. Also the county town, it’s located 20 miles (32 km) west of Poole and 7 miles (11 km) north of Weymouth. It also sits on the banks of the River Frome, just to the south of the Dorset Downs….
Lyme Regis in Brief Lyme Regis is a town and seaside resort in Dorset, south-west England. It lies 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and 26 miles (42 km) east of Exeter. The town sits on Lyme Bay on the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border and the mouth of the River Lym. Dubbed…
Highcliffe in Brief Highcliffe, sometimes known as ‘Highcliffe-on-Sea’, is a large village in Dorset in southwest England. It lies 8 miles east of Bournemouth and 18 miles southwest of Southampton. It forms a parish with the village of Walkford, which is part of the South East Dorset conurbation. Situated on the English Channel coast, Highcliffe…
Gillingham in Brief Gillingham is a town and civil parish in Dorset’s Blackmore Vale in southwest England. The town lies on the River Stour, approximately 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Shaftesbury, and 6 miles (10 km) east of Wincanton. It also has the distinction of being the most northerly town in Dorset, close to…
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