History - Heritage

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

Max Gate was the home of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy – it is believed Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Jude 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…

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

St Catherines Chapel is a small 14th-century chapel set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey. Built by the monks Read more…

Nothe Fort is at the entrance to Weymouth Harbour, constructed on three levels, with lift access, the Fort is filled Read more…

Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch and is one of the longest parish churches in the country and is larger than most English Read more…

The award winning West Bay Discovery Centre tells the story of West Bay past and present featuring information, static and 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…

The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin, also known as Sherborne Abbey, has been a Saxon cathedral (705–1075), a Benedictine abbey (998–1539), and now Read more…