The Devon Tour

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   Tennyson Down

   0 · Hill
   Tennyson Down is a grassy, whale-backed ridge of chalk which rises to 482 ft/147m above sea level. …
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   The Needles

   0 · Rocks

   The Needles is a row of three distinctive stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea. The Needles …

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   Highcliffe Castle

   0 · Castle
   Highcliffe Castle, situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, was built between 1831 and 1835 …
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   Yarmouth

   0 · Municipality
   Yarmouth was once one of European's leading herring fisheries. Herring was so important that there …
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   Chuch of Yarmouth

   0 · Church
   There were regular raids on the island by the French. In 1544 the town of Yarmouth was reputed to …
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   Yarmouth Caslte

   0 · Castle
   Yarmouth Castle was built in 1547. Until the building of the castle, regular raids on the island …
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   Yarmouth Pier

   0 · Pier
   Yarmouth Pier was built in 1876 and is the longest timber pier in England which is still open to …
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   Osbourne house

   0 · Palace
   Queen Victoria died in 1901 on the Isle of Wight in the Osborne House and was buried in the …
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   Osborne House

   0 · Palace
   Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house …
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    Osbourne house

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    "It is impossible to imagine a prettier spot" were the words of Queen Victoria after her first …

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    Lyndhurst Cemetary

    0 · Cemetery
    On this cemetery you can find the grave of Alice Liddell, the girl Lewis Carroll Alice in …
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    History of the Port of Southampton

    0 · Museum
    In this museum you can learn about Southampton's Titanic Story. The famous Titanic sailed from …
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    Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel

    0 · Chapel
    Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in Lower Swanwick, a …
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    Frankenbury Camp

    0 · Archeological site
    Frankenbury Camp is the site of an Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Hampshire. The site is …
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    Downton Brewery

    0 · Brewery
    The Downton Brewery is a microbrewery in Downton, Wiltshire, which started brewing in April 2003. …
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    Winchester cathedral

    0 · cathedral
    The Cathedral of Winchester attracts many tourists. The famous English novelist Jane Austen, who …
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    Winchester

    0 · City

    In the novel The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett, which traces English historical events from …

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    Salisbury Cathedral

    0 · cathedral
    Originally, Salisbury Cathedral was built in Old Sarum. However, since the cathedral was destroyed …
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    Salisbury Cathedral

    0 · cathedral
    The Cathedral of Salisbury has quite some records: The cathedral has the tallest church spire in …
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    Figsbury Ring

    0 · Archeological site
    Figsbury Ring is an 11.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, …
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    Old Sarum

    0 · Castle
    Old Sarum is considered by some as the center of 10 ley lines. Ley lines are straight lines …
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    Old Sarum

    0 · Castle
    Old Sarum is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. The site contains evidence of human …
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    Vespasian's Camp

    0 · Archeological site
    Vespasian's Camp is an Iron Age Hillfort. It is located less than 2 miles from the older Neolithic …
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    Durrington Walls

    0 · Archeological site
    Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic setttlement and later henge enclosure located in …
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    Woodhenge

    0 · Archeological site
    Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World …
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    Blick Mead

    0 · Source
    Blick Mead is a chalkland spring in Wiltshire, England, separated by the River Avon from the …
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    Salisbury Plain

    0 · Plateau
    Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in the south western part of central southern England covering …
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    Stonehenge

    0 · Historical place
    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument and one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world. …
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    Stonehenge

    0 · Historical place

    Stonehenge is also mentioned within Arthurian legend. Geoffrey of Monmouth said that Merlin the …

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    Stonehenge

    0 · Historical place

    One of the first records describing Stonhenge might have been from the explorer and geographer …

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    Stonehenge

    0 · Legend
    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles west of …
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    Caen Hill Locks

    0 · Sluis

    Caen Hill locks, at Devizes, provides an insight into the engineering needed to build and maintain …

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    Grovely Wood

    0 · Forest
    Grovely Wood is one of the largest woodlands in southern Wiltshire. It is situated on a chalk …
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    Grovely Wood

    0 · Forest
    There is stil an old medieval custom going on in May in the forest of Grevely Wood. According to a …
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    Fonthill Lake

    0 · Lake
    The river scenes of the movie Chocolat, with Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, were filmed at …
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    Ackling Dyke

    0 · Historical place
    Ackling Dyke is a section of Roman road in England which runs for 22 miles southwest from Old …
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    Abbas and Templecombe

    0 · Municipality
    Templecombe was a centre of the Templars in the Middle Ages. Nothing now survives in Templecombe …
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    Road Hill

    0 · Crime spot
    This street in Rode was the scene of one of the most infamous murders of the 19th century when …
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    Anglo-Bavarian Brewery

    0 · Brewery
    The Anglo-Bavarian Brewery was originally established in Shepton Mallet in Somerset, England in …
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    Glastonbury Tor

    0 · Tower
    Glastonbury Tor contains the Chalice Well. The well is covered by the symbol of "vesica piscis". …
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    Glastonbury

    0 · City
    In Glastonbury, the tombs of King Arthur and Guinevere were discovered in 1191. Here you also see …
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    Wells

    0 · City
    Wells is a small cathedral city. It was used in the TV miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth" at …
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    Glastonbury

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    Octagon Chapel

    0 · Chapel
    Did you know that the famous astronomer William Herschel was organist at the Octagon Chapel. His …
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    Octagon Chapel

    0 · Chapel
    The Octagon Chapel was designed as a church and built in 1767. It became a fashionable church. The …
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    Pulteney Bridge

    0 · Bridge
    If you think that the Pulteney Bridge looks familiar, that is no coincidence. Bridge architect …
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    Sham Castle

    0 · Castle
    Sham Castle is a folly in Bathampton overlooking the city of Bath. A folly is a building …
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    Dundas Aqueduct

    0 · Aqueduct
    Dundas Aqueduct carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line …
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    Dundas Aqueduct

    0 · Aqueduct
    Dundas Aqueduct carries the Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon and the Wessex Main Line …
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    Gurney Slade quarry

    0 · Quarry
    Gurney Slade quarry, grid reference ST626497 is a limestone quarry near Gurney Slade between …
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    Stoney Littleton Long Barrow

    0 · Archeological site
    The Stoney Littleton Long Barrow is a Neolithic chambered tomb with multiple burial chambers, …
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    Jane Austen Centre

    0 · Museum
    The Jane Austen Centre at 40 Gay Street in Bath, Somerset, England, is a permanent exhibition …
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    Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights

    0 · Bookstore
    Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights is an independent bookshop in Bath, Somerset. It was founded …
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    Castle Combe

    0 · Municipality
    Catsel Combe was the setting of the movie The War Horse and also of the original filmed version …
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    Cafe Wall Illusion

    0 · Architectural location
    Here at the corner of St.Michael 's Hill you could see the visual effect known as the "Café Wall …
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    Vale Street

    0 · Slope
    Vale Street is located in the Tottersown suburb of Bristol, just south of the River Avon. The …
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    GB Cave

    0 · Cave
    GB Cave is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in …
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    Cheddar Gorge

    0 · Canyon
    Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, …
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    Cheddar Gorge

    0 · Canyon
    Explore one of Britain's most spectacular natural landmarks. From its awe-inspiring cliffs to its …
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    Cheddar Gorge

    0 · Canyon
    In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, following its appearance on the 2005 television programme …
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    Cox's Cave

    0 · Cave
    Cox's Cave is in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It is open to the public …
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    Cheddar Complex

    0 · Natural area
    The Cheddar Complex is important for karst, caves and vertebrate palaeontology and comprises four …
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    Clevedon

    0 · Municipality

    Clevedon was the setting for recordings of the popular Broadchurch series that can be seen on …

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    St Andrews Church

    0 · Church

    The St Andrews Church was used in the series Broadchurch.

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    Castle Hotel

    0 · Castle
    The Castle Hotel at Taunton is a hotel with two restaurants, Castle Bow Restaurant and BRAZZ, …
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    Taunton Castle

    0 · Castle
    Taunton Castle is a castle built to defend the town of Taunton, Somerset, England. It has origins …
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    Stogursey Castle

    0 · Castle
    Stogursey Castle is a medieval castle in Somerset, England. Most of the site is in ruins, but …
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    Milverton

    0 · Municipality
    The great scientist Thomas Young was born here in Milverton on June 13, 1773 in a Quaker family. …
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    Blue Anchor Fault

    0 · Geological POI
    The Blue Anchor Fault is possibly the most obvious fault in Britain. The red rock with reduction …
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    Dunster Castle

    0 · Castle
    Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of …
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    Tarr Steps

    0 · Bridge
    The Tarr Steps are a prehistoric clapper bridge across the River Barle. A typical clapper bridge …
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    Lynmouth

    0 · Village
    Lynmouth became famous because of the Lynmouth flood in 1952.  On 15 and 16 August 1952, a storm …
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    Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway

    0 · Cable car
    The Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway is a great way to get a view on the bay. You can even take …
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    Valley of the Rocks

    0 · Valley
    The Valley of the Rocks or The Valley of Rocks is a dry valley that runs parallel to the coast in …
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    Heddon's Mouth

    0 · Bay
    Heddon’s Mouth is a rocky cove on the coast of North Devon, England, about a mile down the River …
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    Combe Martin

    0 · Village
    Combe Martin is famous for its silver mines. There are several disused Silver mines on the eastern …
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    Watermouth Castle

    0 · Castle
    Watermouth Castle is a building in Watermouth, near Ilfracombe, North Devon, England, designed by …
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    Landmark Theatre

    0 · Theatre
    The Landmark Theatre is a theatre in the North Devon coastal town of Ilfracombe. Of unusual double …
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    Woolacombe beach

    0 · Beach
    Woolacombe beach was used to simulate the invasion of Normandy. General Dwight Eisenhower planned …
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    Castle Hill

    0 · Manor house
    Castle Hill in the parish of Filleigh in North Devon, is an early Neo-Palladian country house …
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    Long Bridge

    0 · Bridge
    Did you know that on the 13th century Long Bridge it was a tradition to try to run across the Long …
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    Hawker's Hut

    0 · Cabin
    Poet and eccentric vicar Robert Stephen Hawker built this Hawker''s Hut. The Reverend Hawker spent …
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    Bude Canal

    0 · Canal
    The Bude Canal was a canal built to serve the hilly hinterland in the Cornwall and Devon border …
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    Morwellham Quay

    0 · Harbour

    Morwellham Quay is a historic river port in Devon, developed to support the local mines. The port …

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    Finch Foundry

    0 · Building
    Finch Foundry is a 19th-century water-powered forge situated in the village of Sticklepath near …
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    South West Peninsula

    0 · Peninsula
    
    The South West Peninsula is the area of England between the Bristol Channel to the north and the …
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    Dartmoor National Park

    0 · National park

    Dartmoor National Park was selected by Ecologist as one of the 10 best European National Parks.

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    Dartmoor

    0 · Touristic region

    Dartmoor is the area where the famous story "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is set. It is a crime …

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    Birch Tor and Vitifer mine

    0 · Mine
    Birch Tor and Vitifer mine was a tin mine on Dartmoor, Devon, England. Located in the valley of …
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    Jay's Grave

    0 · Grave
    Jay's Grave is supposedly the last resting place of a suicide victim who is thought to have died …
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    Affeton Castle

    0 · Castle
    Affeton Castle is a converted late-medieval gatehouse near East Worlington, Devon, England. It was …
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    Kelly Mine

    0 · Mine
    Kelly Mine is a disused metalliferous mine situated on the eastern flank of Dartmoor near the …
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    Great Rock Mine

    0 · Mine
    Great Rock Mine is a disused micaceous haematite mine about 3 km north of the town of Bovey Tracey …
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    Leechwell

    0 · Well
    The Leechwell is a set of three springs in Totnes, Devon, England. It was known in historical …
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    Berry Pomeroy Castle

    0 · Castle
    Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle, is near the village …
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    English Riviera Global Geopark

    0 · Geological POI
    Unique in Western Europe, the English Riviera Global Geopark is geologically renowned for its …
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    Torquay

    0 · Municipality

    Agatha Christie was born as gatha Mary Clarissa Miller on 15 September 1890, into a wealthy upper …

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    Exeter Cathedral

    0 · Historical place
    Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican …
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    Raddon Top

    0 · Top
    Raddon Top is the highest point of the Raddon Hills, a small ridge of hills in the Shobrooke area …
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     Tiverton Castle

     0 · Castle
     Tiverton Castle is the remains of a medieval castle dismantled after the Civil War and thereafter …
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     Powderham Castle

     0 · Castle
     Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house situated within the parish and former manor of …
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     Lyme Bay

     0 · Water
     Lyme Bay is an area of the English Channel off the south coast of England. The south western …
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     Stockland Castle

     0 · Castle
     Stockland Castle is the name given to two Iron Age hill forts on Stockland Hill close to Stockland …
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     Loughwood Meeting House

     0 · Chapel
     Loughwood Meeting House is a historic Baptist chapel, 1 mile south of the village of Dalwood, …
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     Jurassic Coast

     0 · Coast
     The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It …
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     Ware Cliffs

     0 · Cliff coast
     Ware Cliffs are a set of long cliffs which stretch westwards from the town of Lyme Regis in Dorset …
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     Lyme Regis Museum

     0 · Museum
     Lyme Regis Museum is situated in the town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. …
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     Black Ven

     0 · Rock coast
     Black Ven is a cliff in Dorset, England between the towns of Charmouth and Lyme Regis. The cliffs …
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     Abbots House

     0 · Historical building
     The inn now known as Abbots House gave shelter to the fugitive King Charles II on 22 September …
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     Cliffs of Charmouth

     0 · Cliff coast
     The cliffs of Charmouth are a paradise for fossil collectors. At the end of 2015 a large extent on …
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     Cliffs of Charmouth

     0 · Cliff coast

     It was here near these cliffs that Mary Anning collected fossils and laid the foundation of the …

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     Eype Mouth

     0 · Cliff coast

     Eype was used in the shooting of Broadchurch. Other locations used in Broadchurch were the town of …

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     Bridport

     0 · Municipality

     West Bay and Bridport were the main places involved in the shooting of Broadchurch. These places …

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     West Bay Cliffs

     0 · Cliff coast

     If the Harbour Cliff and Beach in West Bay looks familiar, you might have seen it in Broadchurch , …

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     Cadbury Castle

     0 · Castle
     Cadbury Castle is a Bronze and Iron Age hillfort in the civil parish of South Cadbury in the …
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     Sherborne School

     0 · School
     Sherborne School has numerous successful alumni, including Alan Turing, Jeremy Irons, Chris …
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     Sherborne Castle

     0 · Castle
     Sherborne Castle was the place where advisor to the throne, Sir John Dee discussed his ideas of …
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     Dorset Downs

     0 · Geological POI
     The Dorset Downs are an area of chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west …
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     Cerne Abbas giant

     0 · Monument
     The Cerne Abbas giant, also referred to as the Rude Man or the Rude Giant ("rude" meaning …
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     Maiden Castle

     0 · Fortification
     Maiden Castle was an iron age fort near Dorchester. These impressive earthworks were constructed …
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     Maiden Castle

     0 · Historical place
     Maiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi south west of Dorchester, in the English county of …
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     Redcliff Point

     0 · Cliff coast
     Redcliff Point is on the south coast of England, to the east of Weymouth in Dorset. It lies just …
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     Weymouth Marina

     0 · Haven
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     Yeolands Quarry

     0 · Quarry
     Yeolands Quarry is a disused stone quarry located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is …
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     Bowers Quarry

     0 · Quarry
     Bowers Quarry/Mine is an active stone quarry on the west side of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, …
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     Perryfield Quarry

     0 · Quarry
     Perryfield Quarry is an operational stone quarry and part butterfly nature reserve located on the …
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     Battle of Weymouth

     0 · Event
     The Battle of Weymouth and the associated Crabchurch Conspiracy occurred in 1645, during the First …
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     White Nothe

     0 · Rock coast
     White Nothe is a chalk headland on the English Channel coast at the eastern end of Ringstead Bay, …
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     Durdle Door

     0 · Rocks
     Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. …
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     Fossil Forest

     0 · Geological POI
     The Fossil Forest is the remains of an ancient submerged forest from Jurassic times, located to …
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     Lulworth Castle

     0 · Castle
     Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an …
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     Clavell Tower

     0 · Tower
     Clavell Tower, also known as Clavell Folly or the Kimmeridge Tower, is a Grade II listed Tuscan …
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     Kimmeridge Oil Field

     0 · Geological POI
     The Kimmeridge Oil Field is to the northwest of Kimmeridge Bay, on the south coast of the Isle of …
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     Corfe Castle

     0 · Fortress
     Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck …
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     St Alban's Head

     0 · Cape
     
     St Alban's Head is a headland located 5 kilometres southwest of Swanage, on the coast of Dorset, …
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     St. Aldhelm's Chapel

     0 · Church
     St Aldhelm's Chapel is a Norman chapel on St Aldhelm's Head in the parish of Worth Matravers, …
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     Winspit

     0 · Mine
     Winspit is a disused quarry on the cliffs near Worth Matravers in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, …
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     Dancing Ledge

     0 · Cliff coast
     Dancing Ledge is part of the Jurassic Coast near Langton Matravers in the Isle of Purbeck in …
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     Great Globe

     0 · Monument
     The Great Globe at Swanage is one of the largest stone spheres in the world and stands at Durlston …
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     Purbeck Hills

     0 · Mountain
     The Purbeck Hills, also called the Purbeck Ridge or simply the Purbecks, are a ridge of chalk …
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