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A home near Dorchester designed by Thomas Hardy is up for sale for £1.5m

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Grand home designed by Thomas Hardy on the market at £1.55m
Talbothayes Lodge, designed by Thomas Hardy is a Victorian country house with a range of outbuildings, attractive mature gardens and paddocks.

Historic Scoles Manor with 12th-century origins and Corfe Castle views up for sale

Historic Scoles Manor with 12th-century origins and Corfe Castle views up for sale

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Dorset manor house with medieval chapel on the market

Studland was highlighted as one of Britain's best poshest villages

Studland was highlighted as one of Britain's best poshest villages

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Dorset village famous for 'long, sandy beaches' among Britain's poshest for 2025

The Vines (Photo: gth.net)

The Vines (Photo: gth.net)

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Grade II-listed home with views of Sherborne Abbey on the market at £1,295m

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Things to do

Western Gardens in Branksome Park. (Photo: Supplied by NGS)

Western Gardens in Branksome Park. (Photo: Supplied by NGS)

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Beautiful Dorset gardens opening in May for you to explore

Belinda Lang set to play Aunt March.

Belinda Lang set to play Aunt March.

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Famous faces to star in Little Women at Lighthouse Poole

Lister Gardens in Lyme Regis will be hosting a free day of live music

Lister Gardens in Lyme Regis will be hosting a free day of live music

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Open-air cinema coming to Dorset beauty spot this summer

Dementia-friendly concert at Lighthouse Poole blends classical music and cake

Dementia-friendly concert at Lighthouse Poole blends classical music and cake

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Classical music and cake for those living with dementia

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Travel

Kimmeridge on Dorset's Jurassic Coast viewed from Swyre Head Photo: Allou/ iStock / Getty Images Plus

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Why you should visit Dorset during 2025
Escape far from the madding crowd to this beautiful county whose stunning coastline and ancient landscape inspired Thomas Hardy’s Wessex

Kingston Lacy was praised as one of the best National Trust properties in England

Kingston Lacy was praised as one of the best National Trust properties in England

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'Exotic' Dorset country home named among England's best National Trust sites

The flying angel mural on the side of Oriel Restaurant on the Quay. (Photo: orielrestaurant.co.uk)

The flying angel mural on the side of Oriel Restaurant on the Quay. (Photo: orielrestaurant.co.uk)

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Why this coastal town is making waves for all the right reasons

Wareham is a town perfect for a day trip with river walks, historic pubs and plenty of history

Wareham is a town perfect for a day trip with river walks, historic pubs and plenty of history

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Why the town of Wareham is well worth a visit

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Food and Drink

Celebrate VE Day with a patriotic showstopper. (Photo: Richard Budd)

Celebrate VE Day with a patriotic showstopper. (Photo: Richard Budd)

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Celebrate VE Day with a patriotic showstopper

New dishes include ceviche, poke bowls, and a Singapore crab burger

New dishes include ceviche, poke bowls, and a Singapore crab burger

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Rick Stein's Sandbanks restaurant launches new bar menu

Noor Muhad whose culinary skills draw on her Arabic and British childhood. (Photo: Matt Russell)

Noor Muhad whose culinary skills draw on her Arabic and British childhood. (Photo: Matt Russell)

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Noor Murad: Abundant Dishes and Stories from My Middle East

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People

Fabulous displays inside Folde in Shaftesbury.

Fabulous displays inside Folde in Shaftesbury.

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The bookshop at the top of Shaftesbury’s iconic Gold Hill

Dilly Court in her 'Engine Room' the home office where she has written all her best-selling historic sagas, (Photo: Peter Yendell)

Dilly Court in her 'Engine Room' the home office where she has written all her best-selling historic sagas, (Photo: Peter Yendell)

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The Weymouth-based writer whose historical sagas have made her a bestseller

Winston Churchill at a BBC microphone about to broadcast to the nation on the afternoon of VE Day, 8 May 1945. (Photo: Egalton/ Horton/ Imperial War Museum)

Winston Churchill at a BBC microphone about to broadcast to the nation on the afternoon of VE Day, 8 May 1945. (Photo: Egalton/ Horton/ Imperial War Museum)

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How Dorset celebrated VE Day in 1945

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Lifestyle

The room where the Sound Bath happens. (Photo: Simon Gudgeon)

The room where the Sound Bath happens. (Photo: Simon Gudgeon)

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Good Vibrations at Sculpture by the Lakes

Drone shot of Corfe Castle. (Photo:Charles Mortensen/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Drone shot of Corfe Castle. (Photo:Charles Mortensen/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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In search of the ‘Traitor’s Gate’ at Corfe Castle

Painting from 1765 by Francis Cotes of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester (1704 - 1776), elected as a Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, a seat he held until 1741. (Image: National Portrait Gallery/ Wiki Commons)

Painting from 1765 by Francis Cotes of Stephen Fox-Strangways, 1st Earl of Ilchester (1704 - 1776), elected as a Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, a seat he held until 1741. (Image: National Portrait Gallery/ Wiki Commons)

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In Search of Dorset Surnames

Winter sunset at Walford Mill. (Photo: Sarah Ricketts)

Winter sunset at Walford Mill. (Photo: Sarah Ricketts)

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Wimborne’s Grade II-listed Walford Mill has a fascinating past

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