behind a wall at St Peter's Church in Shaftesbury. Dorset County Museum teamed up with Bournemouth University to restore the statue - thought to be the last of its kind in England - digitally ...

Shaftesbury is one of the highest towns in England and was once known as 'Caer Palladur' in Celtic times. Founded by Saxons, Shaftesbury in Dorset was given its second part of its name from a ...

A new travellers' site has been given the go ahead in Dorset. The land, south of the A30 on the edge of Shaftesbury, is owned by North Dorset council whose councillors backed the move at a ...

Eight static caravans will be housed on the travellers site in Shaftesbury Work has begun on a new travellers site in Shaftesbury to help meet demand across Dorset. The site off the A30 is ...

Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset is perhaps one of rural England's best known backdrops after it was used in the famous 1973 Hovis advert. But visitors hoping to enjoy one of Britain's most ...

The annual Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show in Dorset will be extended to ensure its continued success, organisers say. A record of more than 25,000 people attended the one-day event in August ...

Perched on a hill 719m feet above sea level, Shaftesbury is one of the highest and oldest towns in Britain, with views stretching across Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset. Ampersand House ...

The 10th Earl of Shaftesbury, who died at the age of 66 ... his title from his grandfather at 22 and with it the family seat at Wimborne, Dorset, in south-west England, with its 9,000 acres. As a ...

Dorset Police shut North End in Motcombe, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, after the large sinkhole was discovered on Tuesday. Drivers have been advised to seek alternative routes and allow extra time ...

The pastoral landscapes of Dorset—celebrated as the quieter sister ... In this corner of southwestern England, idyllic farmlands eventually give way to the Jurassic Coast, a 185-million-year ...