Where: Eight miles north of Dorchester in the valley of Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome which runs through the village.

England’s only natural World Heritage Site – cliffs hide fossilised dinosaur bones, storm-battered rock arches and some of ...

A Dorset village with "discerning culinary clout" has been named among the UK's best spots for foodies to visit. Studland earned that honour in a new list from Olive Magazine, with Bridport and Lyme ...

Dorset Historical Society Curator Emeritus Jon Mathewson will discuss his new book “Dorset” at the Northshire Bookstore in ...

THE Dorset Best Village Awards will continue amid a shake-up of local government, it is pledged. Dorset’s district councils are among the organisations which support the competition – but they ...

If you’ve heard of the village of Wool recently, it’ll most likely be because PETA, the animal rights organisation, asked it to rename itself Vegan Wool.

Residents of a picturesque Dorset village fear their idyllic rural life will soon be dead amid plans by developers to erect an extra 1,700 new build homes in the area.

Its name has been Wool for more than 1,000 years, but now an animal rights group has called on the Dorset village to change its name to “Vegan Wool” to take a stand against cruelty to sheep ...

Extensive evidence of the impact marble had in the East Dorset Village remains today. Just after turning onto Mad Tom Road water is channeled under the road along a marble lined mill race, which ...

NEARLY 80 years ago, the residents of a tiny Dorset village were forced to abandon their homes by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Tyneham village and surrounding hamlets were cleared before ...