2013 Rural Dorset - Visit Dorset

Rural Dorset has many smaller places of
interest to discover including ancient sites
and wonderful countryside, all just a little
more off the beaten track:
Hare Lane Pottery - potter
Jonathan Garratt refines his
own locally dug clay to create
wonderful garden and table ware,
which is on display in the pottery’s
gallery and pretty courtyard.
Knowlton Church & Rings -
explore this atmospheric English
Heritage site with its Bronze Age
rings and ruined church.
Edmondsham House &
Gardens - open on selected
days, the House is of 16th and
18th century construction, with a
charming walled garden and an
unusual Victorian octagonal dairy.
Badbury Rings - an Iron Age
hill fort with extensive views and
rare orchids in summer.
Cranborne Manor Gardens -
pretty manor garden containing
a Jacobean Mount garden, herb
and walled gardens, a river
garden and sculptures.
Farrs Lodge - discover the
4½ acre gardens and studio of
botanic artist Lys de Bray.
Barford Ice Cream Garden -
enjoy delicious award-winning
ice cream in beautiful natural
surroundings.
Hambledon & Hodd Hills -
neighbouring hill forts with
spectacular views over the
surrounding countryside.
Shillingstone Railway Station
Project - see progress on the
restoration of this 1950s
period station on the former
Dorset and Somerset line
and the creation of a
railway museum.
White Mill - a
renovated mill, part of the
Kingston Lacy estate, in
a picturesque location
adjacent to Dorset’s
oldest bridge.
For further details and contact information, please see pages 14-15
Quirky events
Enjoy some of our unique events;
the Ashmore Filly Loo, the
Cheese Festival and the Great
Pudding Stir. Or try events in
unusual venues such as the Viking
Longhouse or Earthouse at the
Ancient Technology Centre.
Visit Jonathan at
Hare Lane Pottery...
Edmondsham House...
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