Dorchester (/ˈdɔrtʃɛstər/ DOR-ches-tər) is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between the towns of Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester lies on the banks of the River Frome, in the Frome Valley, just south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway, that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) south.
Population: 16,879
Latitude: 50° 43' 0.01" N
Longitude: -2° 25' 59.99" W
Swyre Head, Lulworth is a hill and sea cliff which lies on the Jurassic Coast between Bat's Head to the west and Durdle Door to the east, close to Lulworth (further to the east) in Dorset, England. It is located approximately 8 miles (12.9 km) east …
Sutton Poyntz Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Stoke Wake is a hamlet and civil parish, formerly part of the Whiteway hundred in north Dorset, England. It is situated under Bulbarrow Hill on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, west of Blandford Forum. Dorset County Council 's 2013 mid-year estimat…
Stockwood is a village in west Dorset, England, around eight miles south-west of Sherborne and less than a mile away from Chetnole railway station on the Heart of Wessex Line. There are a few houses on the road leading to the A37 between Yeovil and …
The Ringmoor Settlement is an Iron Age/Romano-British farming settlement in Dorset, to the north of Turnworth and the south of Belchalwell in the Blackmore Vale.
Overcombe is an area in Preston in south Dorset, England, situated on top of cliffs 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Weymouth.
Newton's Cove is a small cove with sand, shingle and rock pools, 0.5 kilometres (0.3 mi) south of Weymouth, Dorset, England, overlooking Portland Harbour and next to the Nothe Fort.
Muckleford is a hamlet at the western edge of the parish of Bradford Peverell.
Monkton and Came Halt was a railway station between Weymouth and Dorchester in the county of Dorset in England.
Melcombe Regis was a station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened in April 1909, it was sited at the north end of the bridge over Radipole Lake. The station was built to enable Portland branch passengers…
Lillington is a hamlet and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Sherborne in the West Dorset administrative district. Dorset County Council estimate that the population of the civil parish was 50 in 2013.
…Jordan Hill (50 m) is located near the coast close to the village of Preston, just to the east of Weymouth, Dorset, England. The hill leads down to Furzy Cliff on the coast to the south. Close by to the east is Bowleaze Cove. The hill figure of the …
Holnest SSSI, Dorset (grid reference ST667106) is a 54.83 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 2004.
Hermitage is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the town of Sherborne. It lies within the West Dorset admi…
Grimstone and Frampton railway station was a station on the Wiltshire, Somerset & Weymouth Railway, part of the Great Western Railway between Maiden Newton and Dorchester. It was in the hamlet of Grimstone which was in the parish of Stratton but als…
The Grimstone Viaduct is a railway bridge on the Castle Cary-Weymouth "Heart of Wessex" line. It passes over the road from Grimstone to Sydling St. Nicholas and Sydling Water flows underneath it.
Greenhill is a suburb to the northeast of Weymouth in Dorset, England, with a sand and shingle beach.
Fordington Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes: