The tiny Dorset village with 420 residents and 'unspoilt' rolling countryside

Harman's Cross is a tiny Dorset village with 420 residents that is best known for being a stop on the Swanage Railway ...
Bournemouth Daily Echo

Studland named among Britain's poshest villages for 2025

A Dorset village "famous for its long, sandy beaches" has been named as one of Britain's poshest for 2025. Studland was included alongside 28 others in a list from the Daily Mail, and was the county's ...
Smithsonian Magazine

England’s Oldest Surviving Shipwreck Is a 13th-Century Merchant Vessel

Some 750 years ago, a ship loaded with intricately carved gravestones, Purbeck limestone and grinding mortars sank off the coast of Dorset, England, just over a mile from the nearest harbor. The ...
Bournemouth Daily Echo

'Peace and tranquility could be destroyed if village shop is allowed to sell alcohol'

CONCERNS have been raised that allowing a shop in the centre of an Isle of Purbeck village to sell alcohol could “destroy its peace and tranquillity”. More than a year after being given planning ...
Daily Express

Beautiful UK walk with 'colour-changing lake' so good the locals 'gatekeep' it

We have been blessed with a blissful stretch of clear skies, now is the ideal opportunity for a new outdoor adventure. For those itching to get out of the house for a scenic walk, we are spoilt for ...
BBC

National Trust completes coastline 'jigsaw'

The strip of land completes the National Trust's ownership of a 5.5-mile (9km) stretch of the Purbeck coastline A narrow strip of land has been acquired by the National Trust, completing its ownership ...