Overcombe is an area in Preston in south Dorset, England, situated on top of cliffs 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Weymouth.
Population: 4,971
Latitude: 50° 38' 6.32" N
Longitude: -2° 25' 55.45" W
Moreton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome about 8 miles (13 km) east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 158 households and a population of 373. It has a number of long distance foot pat…
Maumbury Rings is a Neolithic henge in the south of Dorchester town in Dorset, England (grid reference SY690899). It is a large circular earthwork, 85 metres in diameter, with a single bank and an entrance to the north east. It was modified during t…
Durnovaria is the Latin form of the Brythonic name for the Roman town of Dorchester in the modern English county of Dorset. Welsh dwrn means ‘fist, knob’ and Old Irish fáir ~ fóir denotes a confined area or den.
Weymouth Beach is a gently curving arc of sand in Weymouth Bay, beside the town of Weymouth in Dorset, England.
Dorchester South railway station is one of two railway stations serving the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England. The station is located on the London Waterloo–Weymouth main line.
Wool railway station serves the village of Wool in Dorset, England.
Weymouth Quay is a disused railway station in Weymouth, Dorset, England at the terminus of the Weymouth Harbour Tramway.
Lulworth is the popular name for an area on the coast of Dorset, South West England notable for its castle and cove.
Dragon was a high temperature gas cooled reactor at Winfrith in Dorset, England, operated by UKAEA. Its purpose was to test fuel and materials for the European high temperature reactor programme, and was built and managed as an Organisation for Econ…
Sandsfoot Castle is one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, also known as Henrician Castles, built around 1541 to the west of Weymouth, Dorset, England, opposite its contemporary Portland Castle. Together these two forts put the whole of Portland harbour …
Nothe Fort /noʊð/ is a fort in Weymouth, Dorset, England. The fort is situated at the end of the Nothe Peninsula, which juts eastwards from the town of Weymouth, and Weymouth Harbour, into the sea to the north of ex-military Portland Harbour. The fo…
Kingston Russell is a large mansion house and manor near Long Bredy in Dorset, England, west of Dorchester. The present house dates from the late 17th century but in 1730 was clad in a white Georgian stone facade. The house was restored in 1913, and…
Gloucester House is a former royal residence in the seaside resort of Weymouth on the south coast of England. It was the summer residence of Prince William Henry Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743–1805), fourth son of Frederick, Prince of Wales,…
Weymouth Bay is a sheltered bay on the south coast of England, in Dorset.
Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy.
St Catherine's Chapel is a small chapel situated on a hill above the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. It is dedicated to Saint Catherine.
Piddletrenthide /ˌpɪdəltrɛntˈhaɪd/ is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is sited by the small River Piddle in a valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, 8 miles (13 km) north of Dorchester. It lies within the West Do…
Man of War Bay encloses Man O'War Cove on the Dorset coast in southern England, between the headlands of Durdle Door to the west and Man O War Head to the east.