Best Part of Dorset?
A question I am often asked but difficult to answer.Dorset has
great beaches, beautiful countryside,a thriving arts scene, and great access to London and continental Europe.
Most people coming here head to Bourenmouth first as it is the biggest town in the county and has miles of award winning beaches.
Then there is the Jurassic Coast which is a World Heritage listed site stretching from Poole Harbour down to Devon.Millions of years in the marking but still here for all to enjoy.
A recent survey by the Office of National Statistics showed that people in the eastern part of the county have the highest chance of reaching the age of 75 in the UK ,with women having an 86% chance and men 78%.A fantastic endorsement of the area don't you think?
As well as top hotels,self catering cottages and B and Bs, Dorset has excellent camp sites for those of you who love the great outdoors.For the more adventurous there is offshore diving, sailing, and free climbing on the cliffs of Purbeck.
Once you decide you want to move here there is a great range of property from country cottages to urban apartments.Where? Bournemouth,Poole, Weymouth, Shaftsbury,Christchurch, Blandford Forum, Bridport, Lyme Regis, and more,the choice is yours.
The beaches are amongst the best in the country, clean and safe, so much so that it takes years to get to the top of the beach hut waiting list.
Poole boasts one of the largest natural harbours in the world (though not quite as deep as Sydney Harbour-so shallow the water only comes up to your knees.)This makes it ideal for water sports such as wind and kite surfing.
Of course the county is synonymous with Thomas Hardy and his novels Jude the Obscure,The Mayor of Casterbridge and Tess of the d'Urbervilles amongst others.The places he describes will come alive for you here.
So if you want to be far from the madding crowd and really live this is place to be.There is much to show you so let's get started.
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- Jurassic Coast:a walk through time
- The Jurassic coast offers a unique glimpse into 185 million years of earth's history
- Bournemouth Hotels:from luxury to cheap
- Bournemouth hotels:there are many and they are close to the beach
- Bournemouth:no longer God's waiting room
- Bournemouth: no not a tacky seaside town anymore
- Bournemouth Air Show:fantastic air displays & beach attractions
- Bournemouth Air Show:The Red Arrows take top billing
- Dorchester:Casterbridge by another name
- Dorchester:the backdrop to Hardy's Wessex
- Poole:the best beaches and the most expensive real estate
- Poole:the second biggest harbour in the world?
- Sherborne Dorset
- Sherborne Abbey town in North West Dorset
- Weymouth Olympic town
- Weymouth: fast connections to France and the Channel Islands
- Dorset's tank museum at Bovington Camp near Wool
- Come to Bovington Camp Dorset to see the history of the tank from the WW1 to the present day.
- Visit Monkey World, Wareham's planet of the apes
- Monkey World, the place to go ape
- Corfe Castle in rural Dorset England
- Visit historic Corfe castle then why not jump on a steam train down to Swanage
- Dorset Fishing:you'll be hooked
- Dorset Fishing: the best whether lake river or ocean
- Great Dorset Steam Fair:Greatest show on...Dorset
- Great Dorset Steam Fair:more than just traction engines
- Durdle Door: a geological wonder
- Durdle Door: on Dorset's Jurassic coast
- Dancing in Dorset
- Dorset Dancing: the great alternative to just staying in and watching the football
- Dating in dorset:where to go
- Dating in Dorset:what you need to do to meet someone
- Dorset has clean safe beaches so
- Dorset has some amazing beaches from the glitzy Sandbanks to the 18 mile long Chesil Beach, so get out your cozzie and come on down.
- Dorset and it's link to T.E Lawrence Thomas Hardy & Robert Baden-Powell
- Find out about the big names who have lived and worked in Dorset
- Dorset camping:
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- Osmington campsites:book your spot for 2012
- Osmington campsites are close to Weymouth where the action will be in 2012
- Saint Aldhelms: the chapel on a cliff top
- Saint Aldhelms : your grandstand seat to the Purbeck Coast
- Bournemouth Poole Cinemas:no art house here
- Bournemouth Poole Cinemas:take your pick,Empire or Odeon
- Dorset Books
- dorset books page is a review of books about dorset and how to get the most out of your visit to this beautiful county
- Dorset's poole harbour: great for learning water sports
- Want to try your hand at sailing or windsurfing?Poole harbour in Dorset is a great place to learn these water sports
- Dorset food going organic
- Dorset food for your health and longevity
- A raw food diet
- Raw food diet:detox your body
- Dorset Pubs,where you need to be on a Sunday Lunchtime
- Dorset Pubs:the best of the best
- Green Dorset:Preparing for a post carbon world
- Green Dorset:how are you going to cope with no oil?
- Bankes Arms Studand:on your way to Old Harry Rocks
- Bankes Arms Studland:a great place to start or end your Jurassic Odyssey
- Everyone should have at least two SBI websites.
- How to build a website that gets traffic and makes you money
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