The village of Corfe is constructed almost completely from the local grey Purbeck limestone and comprises two main streets, East Street and West Street, linked at their north end at the Square. Around the square, with its cross commemorating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee of 1897, are clustered the small collection of shops, the post office,...Read More

DORSET has fought off global competition to be named one of the top 40 places in the world to visit. Other locations which made the shortlist of this year’s ‘hot’ destinations in the Guardian newspaper included locations as far-flung as Sri Lanka, Cuba, The Azores, Patagonia in Chile, Milan in Italy, Memphis in Tennessee, Brisbane...Read More

Thomas Hardy was a world renowned author of many poems and novels including Tess of the D´Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd and The Mayor of Casterbridge. Thomas Hardy had many connections with Dorset and with another famous resident – T.E. Lawrence (also known as Lawrence of Arabia).Read More