Historic sites
Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle, Dorset
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.
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Natural features
Jurassic Coast and Durdle Door
Wool, Dorset
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, …
Natural features
Brownsea Island
Corfe Castle, Dorset
A wooded island in Poole Harbour, and one of the few places in southern England where red squirrels still live.
Walks and treks
Golden Cap
Charmouth, Dorset
The highest cliff on the south coast of England, named for the band of golden sandstone at its top, part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
Historic sites
Kingston Lacy
Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
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.