A Guite to Dorset.

A Guite to Dorset.

The County was the home of authors such as Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy. Hardy, who is probably Dorset's most famous son, used the county town of Dorchester as his fictional Casterbridge. His nevls still attract thousands of visitors who are keen to see where he set "Far From the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure".

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Dorset has some of the finest sandy beaches in the British Isles. The rural villages and countryside are among the prettiest in Britain. The coast begins at Poole Harbour (which some say is the worlf's largest natural harbour) and includes the Purbeck coast, where there arespecial nature reserves and countryside parks. Lulworth Cove is famous for its animals and plants. Corfe Castle, the scene of several Civil War battles, is well worth a visit.

Dorset is on the south coast of England, about 150 kilometres from London. Its coastline runs for 140 kilometres from Lyme Regis in the west to Christchurch in the east.

There ale several new leisure centres and two dry ski slopes in Dorset. Sports facilities are available everywhere, including sailing, diving, windsurfing, golf, cricket, soccer, tennis, bowls, rugby, fishing, horse riding and walking.

The main towns of Bournemouth and Poole, as well as the smaller towns, have lots to do in the evening. Bournemouth is the home of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and the nearby leisure complex has a swimming pool, an ice rink and an eigh-screen cinema, ten-pin bowling, a nightclub, rstaurant and bars. There are theatres in Bournemouth, Weymouth, Christchurch and Wimborne.

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