History - Heritage

Portland Castle overlooks Portland harbour and onwards to Weymouth. The castle was built by Henry VIII to defend the anchorage Read more…

Clouds Hill, the former home of T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) and is now run as a museum by Read more…

This simple thatched cottage in Higher Bockhampton was where Thomas Hardy was born in 1840. The quaint cottage, remote setting Read more…

The White Mill is a corn mill with original 18th-century wooden machinery located in a peaceful riverside setting, nice walks Read more…

Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic henge within the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England. The rings are a large circular Read more…

Shaftesbury is a charming market town and Dorset’s only hilltop town founded over 1,000 years ago as the home of Read more…

Corfe Castle once controlled the Isle of Purbeck, a thousand-year-old castle, that was destroyed during the English Civil War when Read more…

Studland Beach & Nature Reserve has three miles of beaches (Shell Bay, Knoll Beach, Middle Beach and South Beach) are owned Read more…

Knowlton Church is a ruined Norman church, built within a neolithic henge monument. The henge enclosing Knowlton Church is only Read more…

Kingston Lacy Country mansion with important collections, set in formal gardens and extensive parkland – children’s adventure playground and Iron Age Read more…

Wimborne Minster has changed over the centuries. The first church on this site was founded in 705 but the earlest Read more…