Whitcombe Information Guide Nearby attractions, local Writers and Artists	Corfe Castle
Abbotsbury Swannery - A colony of mute swans for over 600 years Athelhampton - House and gardens, beautiful 15 century manor house The Blue Pool - A tranquil beauty spot Brownsea Island - This is where the Boy Scout Organisation started Clouds Hill - Home of Lawrence of Arabia Corfe Castle - Magnificent 1000 year old castle ruins and beautiful town built of Purbeck stone. Cricket St Thomas - Wildlife Park Dinosaur Museum - in Dorchester Dorchester- A fine Roman country town Dorset Coastal Path - Part of the South West Coastal Path and runs from Shell Bay to Lyme Regis Dorset Museum - The excellent museum run by Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Forde Abbey& Gardens - An intriguing house and beautiful gardens Hardy Monument - Commemorates Vice-Admiral Hardy who fought with Nelson Hardy`s Cottage - National Trust property and birthplace of Thomas Hardy Kingston Lacy - A country mansion and estate owned by National Trust Kingston Maurward - The agricultural college with gardens and animal park Jurassic Coast - This is now a World Heritage Site, it has some of the worlds finest beaches such as Shell Bay and Studland, with Weymouth being a very safe beach. There are spectacular geological features that include Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door and Chesil Beach. www.jurrasiccoast.com Maiden Castle - The largest Iron Age hill fort in Europe, where the Romans final defeated the British Durotiges tribe in AD43. Breathtaking views Max Gate -The last home of Thomas Hardy Monkey World - Home to over 150 monkeys and apes, stars of TV series. www.monkeyworld.org Poundbury - Model housing development championed by HRH the Prince of Wales Swanage Railway - A superbly preserved standard gauge steam railway Tank Museum - A Bovington and dedicated to armoured warfare. www.tankmuseum.org Tolpuddle - The trade union movement started here when the Tolpuddle Martyrs set up the first union Local Writers Thomas Hardy - www.hardysociety.org William Barnes - www.dorsetshire.com/barnes/ TE Lawrence - www.telsociety.org.uk Powys Brothers - www.powys-society.org Enid Blyton - www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk John Fowles - French Lieutenant's Woman etc Sir Frederic Treves - Elephant Man etc Local Artists Walter Tyndale Arthur Bell JWG Bond A Heaton Cooper Gordon Beningfield Edouard Van Goethem Dame Elizabeth Frank Other local links www.dorsetforyou.com www.dorsetshire.com www.dorsetlife.co.uk www.weymouth-pictures.co.uk

Dorchester 2 miles - World Heritage Coast 6 miles - Activities nearby

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