Mapperton Gardens
Ancient rolling countryside
One of the loveliest stately homes in Dorset, where ancient, rolling countryside tumbles into the golden stone wall formality of the Italianate garden and Elizabethan manor house. It's the lushest of spots and children love it too.
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Pretty little town
This pretty little town has a really busy and buzzy feel to it, especially on Saturdays and Wednesdays when market stalls line the wide pavements.
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Pearl of Dorset
Set on a hillside, the town is impossibly pretty from the vantage point of the Cobb, the historic harbour wall which took on iconic status in The French Lieutenant's Woman.
Read MoreThe Kingcombe Centre
Nestling at the heart of a peaceful hamlet
It's surrounded by 457 acres of Dorset Wildlife Trust's Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve, a landscape untouched by modern agricultural practices.
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