The slopes of Hambledon hill visible from the cottages show ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort - and are where Dorset clubmen were routed by Cromwell in 1645 during the civil war.

Hambledon Hill
Gold Hill
Nearby is the beautiful town of Shaftesbury (4 miles) legenday burial ground of King Alfred and famous for the cobbled 'Gold Hill' filmed in the Hovis advert.
Attractions within easy reach include:- Cheddar Caves, Longleat Safari Park, Fleet Air Arm Museum, Stourhead Gardens, Stonehenge and the cathedral cities of Bath and Salisbury.
Milton Abbas
We are within 40 minutes reach of Bournemouth, Poole, Swanage, Weymouth and the New Forest.
The Dorset coastline has been officially ranked alongside the Great Barrier Reef and Grand Canyon as one of the natural wonders of the world. The Jurassic coastline has become the first World Heritage site in England, and has an amazing wealth of fossils and landforms, making a great family day out.
The Jurassic coastline
Weymouth Harbour
Weymouth Beach
Hardy's cottage
 Thomas Hardy, the renowned English Victorian novelist, was born in this beautiful thatched cottage at Higher Bockhampton, near Dorchester in 1840. Shown here in the summer, it was in this cottage he wrote many of his earlier novels including 'Far From the Madding Crowd', 'Under the Greenwood Tree' and 'Desperate Remedies'.
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