Dorset

A county of beauty, inspiration and super-history. Wallow in Thomas Hardy Country. Around Dorchester – Dorset’s county town – are the rolling hills of the Wessex countryside, that inspired Hardy’s powerful and vibrant novels and poetry. Much of Dorset’s coastline is known as the Jurassic Coast – England’s only natural World Heritage Site. It has given up many important fossil finds and has unique landforms including the stunning Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. A fascinating area overlooked by the ruins of [...]

Dorset2021-06-23T12:52:30+00:00

Bristol

A vibrant, multi-cultural city with a fascinating historical heritage. Isambard Kingdom Brunel famously played a huge part in Bristol’s Victorian engineering infrastructure including the Clifton Suspension Bridge and redesign of the docks. Visit his steamship SS Great Britain in the dry dock where she was built. Enjoy the spectacle of the Bristol International Balloon Festival.

Bristol2021-06-23T12:55:31+00:00

Surrey Hills

The Surrey Hills are a kaleidoscope of countryside. From rolling chalk downs of yew and box woodland, and flower-rich grassland to heaths and woods that rise to the hills. Climb Leith Hill, with its 18th century tower, and Box Hill which, to many is the Surrey Hills. The Winkworth Arboretum puts trees in the spotlight – a thousand species in its 95 acres. Visit gracious times past at the Edwardian Polesden Lacey house and estate, the Tudor Loseley Park and the [...]

Surrey Hills2024-09-09T09:56:26+00:00

North Wessex Downs

For North Wessex Downs AONB read ‘spoiled for choice’. A horseshoe of rolling chalk hills covering the Berkshire Downs, the Hampshire Downs, the White Horse Hills, the Lambourn Downs, the Marlborough Downs, the Vale of Pewsey and the ancient Savernake Forest…all magnificent in their own way. To pre-history, and Avebury, Europe’s largest Neolithic stone circle then saddle up for the Uffington White Horse, carved in the chalk hillside 3,000 years ago. Visit Highclere Castle – Downton Abbey to millions – and [...]

North Wessex Downs2021-06-01T14:11:13+00:00

Dorset

Zoom through time in Dorset. Your journey starts 185 million years ago on the fossil strewn beaches of Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, including Kimmeridge Bay. Then it’s on to the Iron Age and the haunting hilltop settlement of Maiden Castle, outside Dorchester. To the Middle Ages and the teetering ruins of Corfe Castle before visiting the sites of Hardy’s Wessex that found their way into the great writer’s works. The South West Coast Path beckons with some of its most spectacular and [...]

Dorset2021-05-18T14:21:40+00:00

Cranborne Chase

Chalk is the foundation of the gentle Cranborne Chase. Overlapping the boundaries of Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset, its grassland, ancient woodland, chalk slopes and downland hillsides drop down to precious chalk river valleys. From the steep slope of Winklebury Hill, above the village of Berwick St John, you’re surveying farmland of the Bronze Age. There’s Old Wardour Castle, the Bradbury Rings hill fort, Sixpenny Handley woods and Martin Down and Bokerley Dyke, all showcasing this understated landscape.

Cranborne Chase2021-05-11T13:35:16+00:00

Chichester Harbour

For Chichester Harbour read Land and Sea. Set against a backdrop of the South Downs National Park, in West Sussex, the harbour’s tidal channels lead to a maze of inlets and creeks that criss-cross the saltmarsh and mudflats. These are visited by many thousands of waders and wildfowl and a colony of harbour seals. Boat trips let you explore this watery wilderness, 60 miles of footpaths take you inland. Shingle beach and sand dunes are edged with wind-blasted oaks in ancient [...]

Chichester Harbour2021-05-18T14:04:20+00:00

Grove House, New Forest

Traditional country house in the New Forest national park FPSU SOUTHERN > NEW FOREST (0 miles) and 3 from LYNDHURST GROVE HOUSE is a traditional country house situated on the outskirts of Minstead Village in the New Forest National Park.  Set in a quiet, picturesque area with a beautiful mature garden, the house has recently been refurbished to a very high standard.  Fantastic walking and cycling, the perfect location to relax and enjoy the New Forest.  Easy access to Lyndhurst.  Lymington, Bournemouth [...]

Grove House, New Forest2025-04-08T13:46:59+00:00
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