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Camber Sands, East Sussex

Camber

a Seaside Town in the county of East Sussex

Hallsands, Start Bay, Devon

Hallsands

in the county of Devon

Recommended Towns & Villages near Evershot

Thatched cottage

Melbury Osmond (3 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (2.0 miles, 3.3 km, direction N)

A long, winding lane, flanked by grassy banks covered in fern and wild flowers, leads to the picture postcard village of Melbury Osmond..

The Sydling Valley, Dorset

Sydling St Nicholas (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction SE)

This is a particularly scenic village lying deep in a chalk-stream valley between open downs. Every approach to it is beautiful, whether crossing the hills from Cerne Abbas or Maiden Newton, or coming up the waters of the River Cerne between meadows flooded with spring lambs and ponies...

Minterne Magna

Minterne Magna (22 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction E)

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Cerne Abbas

Cerne Abbas (68 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction E)

Famous for its huge chalk 'rude' giant, Cerne Abbas is a lovely ancient village in Dorset...

Netherbury

Netherbury (6 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction SW)

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Sherborne, Dorset.

Sherborne (111 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (8.7 miles, 13.9 km, direction NE)

The softly glowing Ham stone of which most of the town properties are built, lends warmth and atmosphere to what is already a unique and attractive place...

Monument at Buckydoo square, Bridport, Dorset

Bridport (32 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (9.7 miles, 15.7 km, direction SW)

Bridport can be classed as having everything to please the holiday maker, it has a strong nautical atmosphere born of its long association with the sea, and its history as a flourishing rope making town during the great age of sailing ships...

A panoramic view of Pilsdon Pen.

Pilsdon (8 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction W)

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Burton Bradstock, Dorset

Burton Bradstock (56 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction SW)

This in one of the most enchanting villages to be found along the sweeping Dorset coast. It has gorgeous little lanes where there are eye catching thatched cottages with walls.....

Poyntington, Dorset

Poyntington (2 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (10.8 miles, 17.4 km, direction NE)

This is a delightful small village situated in the picturesque Blackmore Vale where the Dorset and Somerset boundary meets...

The beach at West Bay, Dorset

West Bay (147 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction SW)

West Bay nestles at the western end of spectacular Chesil Beach whose billions of pebbles have been a constant source of fascination for centuries...

Thatched cottage Dorset

Dorchester (86 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction SE)

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset and is the heart of Thomas Hardy's Wessex. On the outskirts of the town you will find Hardy’s birthplace and family home in Higher.....

The Parish Church at Martock, Somerset

Martock (22 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Somerset (11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction NW)

The interior of Martock's Ham-stone church is perhaps the grandest in all Somerset, the startling effect of the golden stone against the most lavishly decorated of the county's great tie-beam roofs is simply overwhelming...

Abbotsbury, Dorset, England

Abbotsbury (104 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (11.9 miles, 19.1 km, direction S)

Abbotsbury is a small picturesque and historic village in the county of Dorset...

Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Higher Bockhampton (3 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction SE)

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Beach at Seatown, Dorset

Seatown (33 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SW)

Seatown is a small Hamlet along Dorset's famous Jurassic Coast and is popular with fossil hunters. It has a clean and quiet shingle beach (no dogs allowed) and is a good location.....

Across the Fleet Lagoon

Langton Herring (1 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction S)

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton (3 Pictures)

in the county of Dorset (13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction SE)

Athelhampton lies close to the little River Piddle which almost entirely encircles Athelhampton House which was built in the 15th-century by Sir William Martyn who was granted the lands and a license to build upon them by King Henry VII in the year 1483...

Sturminster Newton in Dorset

Sturminster Newton (40 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Dorset (14.6 miles, 23.4 km, direction NE)

A small attractive Market Town in Dorset...

Golden Cap, Dorset

Charmouth (102 Pictures)

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset (14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction SW)

This pretty resort grew up in a gap of cliffs overlooking picturesque Lyme Bay. In the days prior to the motor car it was a fashionable coaching stop. One illustrious visitor of.....

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Cerne Giant in Cerne Abbas, Dorset.

Cerne Abbas Giant (2 Pictures)

(6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction E)

This magnificent figure cut into the turf of a chalk hillside is best viewed from the north of the village. He is known as "The.....

Sherborne Abbey at night

Sherborne Abbey (7 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NE)

Without doubt this magnificent Abbey built centuries ago of creamy Ham stone ranks amongst the finest Abbey churches anywhere in.....

Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle (80 Pictures)

(8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction NE)

Many fascinating tales remain from the time when Sherborne Castle was lived in by Sir Walter Raleigh, a favourite of Elizabeth I......

Montacute House

Montacute House (68 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction NW)

This is one of the most glittering of all the great Elizabethan mansions in England. It is built of glowing honey-coloured Ham.....

The Nine Stones, Stone Circle in Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset

The Nine Stones (1 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction S)

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The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester. Dorset

The Keep Military Museum (15 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction SE)

This exciting keep is the home of the Military Museum of Devon and Dorset. Here visitors with a keen interest in all things.....

The Roman Town House, Dorchester, Dorset

Roman Town House (1 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SE)

The Roman Town House was a discovery of the 1930's. From excavations beneath the ground came a rich feast of Roman history that.....

Maiden Castle, Dorset

Maiden Castle (10 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction SE)

The finest Iron Age hillfort in Europe, Maiden Castle is the size of 50 football pitches and was first built in 600BC over the.....

Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Hardy's Cottage (4 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction SE)

Home of poet and novelist Thomas Hardy until the age of 34. Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were.....

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum (3 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction N)

The Fleet Air Arm Museum houses Europe's largest Naval aviation collection. Go on-board Concorde and be transported by a.....

A picture of Abbotsbury Swannery

Abbotsbury Swannery (50 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction S)

Set in one of the most beautiful unspoilt regions of England, Abbotsbury Swannery is home to sometimes up to 1000 beautiful.....

Amur leopard

The Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas (2 Pictures)

(12.8 miles, 20.6 km, direction W)

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Forde Abbey, nr Chard, Somerset. A former Cistercian foundation. Photo taken September 1991.

Forde Abbey (12 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction W)

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Athelhampton House, Dorset

Athelhampton House (10 Pictures)

(13.6 miles, 21.8 km, direction SE)

Athelhampton House is a fine example of a 15th Century house nestling in deepest Dorset...

Barrington Court, Somerset

Barrington Court (49 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction NW)

Barrington Court is an attractive 16th-century house built in the engaging "E" shaped style of the period in mellow Ham Hill.....

Lytes Cary Manor, June 2009

Lytes Cary Manor (42 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.6 km, direction N)

Intimate manor house with Arts & Crafts-style garden. Tudor great hall and 14th-century chapel, this was home to medieval.....

Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach (25 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction S)

One of the most remarkable features of England's fantastic coastal scenery is the magnificent stretch known as Chesil Beach,.....

Penquin at SeaLife Centre in Weymouth

Sea Life Park, Weymouth (1 Pictures)

(16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction SE)

A unique mix of indoor and outdoor attractions set in seven acres makes Sea Life a great family day out. The Park offers a day.....

Lyme Regis Museum, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Lyme Regis Museum (2 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction SW)

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A view of the Marine Aquarium on the old Cobb with Lyme regis, Dorset, in the background.

Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (1 Pictures)

(16.4 miles, 26.4 km, direction SW)

Where better to see and learn about the creatures of the deep than in an aquarium suite set tantalizingly beside the sea. Well,.....


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