The unwavering gaze of Thomas Hardy looks out from a hilltop, affording the Victorian writer - or, rather, a statue of him - a sweeping view of the town he immortalized as Casterbridge and the rustic ...

Dorset towns Weymouth and Dorchester are both ranked in the top 25 happiest places to live in the UK, according to a survey ...

Home to about 1,500 beaches, there is no doubt that the UK has a plethora of beaches to choose from. Yet, ten stand out as the longest and notably, three of them are found in the stunning county of ...

(CNN) — The remarkably well-preserved skull of a gigantic pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, has been discovered on a beach in the county of Dorset in southern England, and it could reveal secrets ...

DORSET Council’s finance portfolio holder, Chickerell councillor Simon Clifford, says the budget has been a ‘bitter disappointment ‘ for the county.

Check out the secret bays, abandoned villages and dramatic cliffs on the South Coast that appeared in an ITV drama I’VE lived in Dorset all my life, and these are the hidden gems that a lot of ...

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