National Trust & English Heritage places in Dorset

A triple-ringed Iron Age hill fort with Arthurian legend links and rich wildflower grasslands.

An island nature reserve in Poole Harbour, birthplace of the Scouting movement and home to red squirrels.

A mysterious 55-metre chalk hill figure of ancient origin overlooking the village of Cerne Abbas.

The tiny rural retreat of T. E. Lawrence, preserved as he left it before his tragic death.

An iconic ruined Norman fortress dramatically perched on a chalk hill in the Purbeck Hills.

A dramatic Iron Age hill fort on a west Dorset hilltop with sweeping views to the coast and beyond.

Pristine chalk downlands rich in rare butterflies and wildflowers with panoramic Blackmore Vale views.

The highest cliff on England's south coast, a golden-topped landmark on the Jurassic Coast.

A Neolithic and Iron Age hilltop site with Civil War history and species-rich chalk grasslands.

A hilltop monument to Nelson's flag captain at Trafalgar, commanding sweeping Dorset coastal views.

The thatched birthplace of Thomas Hardy, where he wrote his first published novels.

The house Thomas Hardy designed for himself, where he wrote his greatest novels and poetry.

A dramatic Jurassic Coast shingle beach beneath golden sandstone cliffs at Burton Bradstock.

Massive Iron Age hillfort with Roman remains and sweeping views across the Stour Valley.

A grand country house with masterpieces by Rubens and Titian, set in an 8,500-acre estate.

Twin Iron Age hillforts in west Dorset with heathland, woodland and far-reaching coastal views.

Dorset's highest hill, offering panoramic views from a beech-crowned summit.

Iconic chalk sea stacks and arches on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.

High Iron Age hillfort with wildflower-rich grassland and views to the Jurassic Coast.

A dramatic limestone peninsula on the Dorset coast with clifftop grasslands and seabird colonies.

Sheltered Jurassic Coast bay with shingle beach, wildflower cliffs and fossil hunting.

Purbeck ridge countryside with ancient strip lynchets and dramatic coastal views to Dancing Ledge.

Four miles of golden sand backed by rare heathland, with views to Old Harry Rocks.

Working 18th-century corn mill on the River Stour with original wooden machinery.

A fourteenth-century hilltop chapel with views across Abbotsbury, Chesil Beach and Portland.

A small medieval manor whose great hall and solar retain remarkable timber roofs.

Foundations of a Romano-Celtic hilltop temple with views across Weymouth Bay.

Eighteen fallen prehistoric stones form a low oval on an exposed Dorset hilltop above Abbotsbury.

A Jacobean hunting lodge built as a mock castle around 1608, gutted by fire in 1929 and partly restored, in parkland near the Dorset coast.

A Bronze Age cemetery of 44 burial mounds, reached on foot across Dorset farmland.