Dorset: Country and Coast

Experience the wonder of finding a 200-million-year-old fossil on the beach at Lyme Regis, and marvel at the luscious gardens of Mapperton House.

Visiting Dorchester, steeped in history and renowned as the home of Thomas Hardy, then refreshments at the Tea House, and on to Sherborne Castle for the Country Fair and Rare Breeds Show.

With miniature steam engines in Poole Quay, a visit to one of Bournemouths last family-run hotels, and the ancient chalk giant cut into the hillside at Cerne Abbas.