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…
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…
Christchurch in Brief Christchurch is an ancient town and civil parish in Dorset on the south coast of England. It’s nestled between Bournemouth to the west and the eastern edge of the New Forest. The town was historically part of Hampshire but transferred to Dorset under the local government reorganisation of 1974. In 2019, Christchurch…
Chickerell in Brief Chickerell is a small town and civil parish in Dorset, southwest England. The town is located about 2 miles northwest of Weymouth, 9 miles south west of Dorchester, and about half a mile inland of the Fleet Lagoon. Chickerell has grown steadily from its village status of the mid-19th century when it…
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