Wool, Dorset
Wool is a small village made famous by Thomas Hardy in his novel, 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles'. He named it 'Wellbridge' and used the Manor House as the setting for his tragic heroine's honeymoon night. Hardy de...
Weymouth, Dorset
Weymouth has a glorious setting, occupying the low lying coastal plain below the ancient trackway known as the Ridgeway, which crosses the top of the chalk hills from White Horse Hill in the east, to Abbotsbury...
Stinsford, Dorset
Stinsford, is a small hamlet set in a wooded valley of the River Frome. It is a place of pilgrimage for visitors from all over the world who enjoy the works of the internationally renowned novelist and poet, Th...
Shaftesbury, Dorset
This ancient and cobbled steeply descending street, is probably the most photographed in Dorset. Its unique setting in the County's only hill-top town, was made even more famous as the setting for the Hovis bre...
Melbury Osmond, Dorset
Melbury Osmond is approached along a winding, sunken lane, with thatched stone cottages lining the slopes. This crosses the watersplash, a shallow paved ford crossed by a small footbridge. In spring and summer,...
Evershot, Dorset
Evershot is a lovely village where little has changed over the last century. In his novels and short stories, Thomas Hardy called it, 'Evershead'.
In 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles', Tess stops here for refreshm...
Torquay, Devon
Torquay has long been regarded as one of the most glamorous resorts of the English Riviera. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, who was a prisoner, stood on the deck of HMS Bellerophon in Tor Bay and pronounced Torqua...
