Shaftesbury is Dorset's only hill top town built on the edge of a plateau, giving fine views over Blackmoor Vale. Shaftsbury became a place of pilgrimage and Royal Patronage following King Alfred's foundation of an abbey on its airy hilltop in AD888 and interment of Edward the Martyr's body there in AD980. 
 
The town has some excellent gray green, 18th century stone houses, and the steep, cobbled Gold Hill is buttressed on one side and terraced like an Italian hill town on the other.
Local towns and villages to visit..
Beaminster
Dorchester
Milton Abbas
Shaftesbury
Sherborne
Weymouth
Attractions
MAP
 
Angling
Sea fishing at Weymouth, Lulworth Cove, and Osmington Mills. Coarse fishing at Radipole Lake, Weymouth. Trout fishing on the rivers Frome and Trent.

Local Accommodation..

 
DORSET LINKS
Dorset Information
Dorset Pubs
Dorset Theatres
Dorset Restaurants
Dorset Hotels
Dorset Caravans
Dorset Attractions
Dorset Events
Dorset
ART & CRAFTS
Slate Paintings
 

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Dorset holidays, Cottages, Caravan Holiday Parks, Camping, shows, festivals, attractions and eventsDorset. Dorset Map.  West Country Links

 
WEST COUNTRY ENTERTAINMENT
EVENTS, FETES, FESTIVALS, GARDENS OPEN ATTRACTIONS , DAYS OUT, GARDENS, FETES E.T.C
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SCUBA DIVING, SURFING GOLF COURSES
BOAT TOURS AND CRUISES AVAILABLE
THEATRES AND WHAT'S ON
MAPS FOR THE WEST COUNTRY
 
WEST COUNTRY ACCOMMODATION
COTTAGE HOLIDAYS Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall
 
WEST COUNTRY CAMPING AND TOURING SITES
 
West Country Businesses add your link
 
WEST COUNTRY PUBLIC HOUSES AND RESTAURANTS
RESTAURANTS AND EATING PLACES
PUBS AND CLUBS IN THE WEST COUNTRY
 
 
 
ART & CRAFTS
Slate paintings