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 ...

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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 ...

The 10km and half marathon courses will start and finish at St Giles House The Earl of Shaftesbury's St Giles House Estate in Dorset is to open to the public for the first time. The estate at ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

A POST-WAR garden in North Dorset has been protected for future generations by being added to the National Heritage List for England. The gardens at Shute House, near Shaftesbury, are one of 20 ...

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 ...