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Upton Country Park, Poole, Dorset.

Poole

a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset

Wooden bridge

Symonds Yat

in the county of Herefordshire

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Stourhead, Wiltshire

Stourhead, Wiltshire

Designed by Henry Hoare II, Stourhead is one of England's most picturesque landscape gardens with classic temples and palladian.....

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Alfred's Tower, Wiltshire

Alfred's Tower, Wiltshire

2 miles north-west of the garden, the 50m high Tower stands on the spot where in 879AD the King raised his standard after.....

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Sherborne Castle, Dorset

Sherborne Castle, Dorset

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

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Sherborne Abbey, Dorset

Sherborne Abbey, Dorset

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

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Longleat House & Safari Park, Wiltshire

Longleat House & Safari Park, Wiltshire

On entering the great grounds of Longleat House through the entrance known as "Heaven's Gate" visitors are immediately struck by.....

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Cley Hill, Wiltshire

This is the site of an Iron-Age Hillfort which covers around 17 acres. It is just one of several such sites in Wiltshire, but.....

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Philipps House & Dinton Park, Wiltshire

Early 19th-century neo-Grecian house designed for William Wyndham, a leading late Georgian politician. A variety of tranquil.....

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Nunney Castle, Somerset

Nunney Castle, Somerset

A tradition exists that Nunney Castle's sole pig was subject to daily torture when the castle came under siege in 1645 during the.....

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Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset

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

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Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset

Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset

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.....

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Yeovil Country Park, Somerset

This wonderful Green Flag winning park is made up of 4 individual greenspaces which are linked by the cycleway which follows the.....

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White Mill, Dorset

White Mill, Dorset

The White Mill is an attraction in the delightful village of Sturminster Marshall. The cornmill occupies a site recorded in.....

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Horton Tower, Dorset

Horton Tower, Dorset

A 140ft tower built in the early 1700's by Humphrey Sturt...

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Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset

Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset

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

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Kingston Lacy, Dorset

Kingston Lacy, Dorset

Set in 250 acres of spectacular parkland landscaped in the latter half of the 18th century and now roamed by a herd of Red Devon.....

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