The dramatic ruin of a royal castle on a steep hill in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, above a village of grey stone cottages. It stood for over 600 years until Parliament's forces blew it apart after a siege in the Civil War, leaving walls and towers leaning at odd angles.
Climb to the top for views over the Isle of Purbeck. Arrive on the Swanage Railway steam train for the classic view of the castle, and walk up to West Hill or along the Purbeck ridge for the best photographs.
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Seven miles of golden sand, with clean water and Blue Flag beaches, running from Sandbanks to Hengistbury Head.
England's only natural World Heritage Site, a 150 km stretch of coast in Dorset and Devon whose cliffs show 185 million years of geological history, …
A grand country house in the style of an Italian palazzo, built for the Bankes family after they lost Corfe Castle in the Civil War.
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A Victorian fort perched on the cliffs at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, with views straight down to the Needles, three chalk stacks rising fr…
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