Dorset is a county in south England which is by the sea. The biggest towns in it are Bournemouth and Poole. There are other smaller towns, some by the sea, like Weymouth, Swanage, West Bay, the Isle of Portland, Dorchester, Wareham, Lyme Regis, Blandford and Wool.
Dorset
Cities and towns
- Abbotsbury, Ashmore
- Beaminster, Bere Regis, Blandford Forum, Bournemouth, Bradford Paverell, Bradpole, Bridport, Broadstone, Broadwindsor, Burton Bradstock
- Cerne Abbas, Chaldon Herring, Charminster, Charmouth, Chedington, Cheselbourne, Chetnole, Chettle, Chideock, Child Okeford, Chilfrome, Christchurch, Church Knowle, Corfe Castle, Corscombe
- Dewlish, Dorchester, Durweston
- East Lulworth, Easton, Edmondsham, Evershot
- Ferndown, Forde Abbey, Fortunesmill, Furzebrook
- Gillingham
- Halstock, Hinton Martell, Hooke
- Iwerne Courtney, Iwerne Minster
- Kimmeridge, Kingston, Kington Magna
- Langton Herring, Langton Matravers, Littlebredy, Litton Chiney, Loders, Lyme Regis, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster
- Maiden Newton, Melbury Osmond, Melbury Sampford, Melcombe Regis, Milton Abbas, Minterne Magna
- Netherbury, Nettlebury
- Osmington
- Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide, Plush, Poole, Portesham, Poundbury, Powerstock, Puddletown, Puncknowle
- Ryall
- Sandford Orcas, Seatown, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Shipton Gorge, Sixpenny Handley, St. Ives, Stalbridge, Stoke Abbot, Stourpaine, Studland, Sturminster Marshall, Sturminster Newton, Swanage, Sydling St. Nicholas
- Tolpuddle
- Uploders
- Verwood
- Wareham, Warmwell, West Bay, West Lulworth, West Milton, West Moors, West Stour, Weymouth, Wimborne, Wimborne Minster, Winfrith Newburgh, Winterbourne Steepleton, Winterborne Stickland, Worth Matravers
- Yetminster, Yondover
Places of interest
See also: List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset
- Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
- Abbotsbury Swannery
- Athelhampton Hall
- Badbury Rings
- blue pool
- Bovington Tank Museum
- Brownsea Island
- Bryanston School
- Cerne Abbas Giant
- Chideock Castle
- Clavell Tower
- Corfe Castle
- Durdle Door
- Durlston Country Park
- Edmondsham House
- Fiddleford Manor, 14th century manor house near Sturminster Newton.
- Forde Abbey
- Golden Cap, cliff between Bridport and Charmouth
- Great Dorset Steam Fair, world's largest tractor meeting
- Hambledon Hill
- Hardy Cottage, birthplace and residence of the English writer Thomas Hardy
- Hardy Monument, dedicated to Admiral Thomas Masterman Hardy
- Hod Hill, hill fort in the Blackmore Vale
- Isle of Portland and Portland Bill with the Portland Bill Lighthouse
- Roman temple near Jordan Hill
- Jurassic Coast (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
- Kingston Lacy
- Lulworth Castle
- Maiden Castle
- Mapperton House
- Max Gate, later residence of the English writer Thomas Hardy
- Melbury House, 16th century manor house in Melbury Sampford.
- Nine Stones (Winterbourne Abbas)
- Nothe Fort
- Osmington White Horse, hill figure near Osmington
- Purse Caundle Manor
- Sherborne Abbey
- Sherborne Castle
- Sherborne School
- South West Coast Path, a long-distance hiking trail
- Stair Hole
- Sturminster Newton Mill
- Swanage Railway
- Swyre Head
- Thorncombe Beacon, hill between Bridport and Charmouth
- Wimborne Minster
Beaches and bays
- Charmouth Beach
- Chesil Beach
- Fleet Lagoon
- Kimmeridge Bay
- Lulworth Cove
- Man O'War Beach
- Sandy Beach
- St. Gabriel's Mouth
- Studland Bay
- Tyneham Beach
- Worbarrow Beach
