Gray's Farmhouse B&B

For more detail and Tourist Information, see "Things to Do"

TO THE SOUTH-EAST

Portland:

remarkable peninsular with renowned quarries

Weymouth:

famous sea-side resort in magnificent bay

Dorchester & Maiden Castle:

Hardy Country with millennia of history

Bockhampton:

Thomas Hardy's birthplace

Chesil Beach:

unique eleven mile shingle strand

Abbotsbury:

Swannery & Subtropical Gardens

Burton Bradstock:

National Trust beach and Coastal Path

The Bride Valley:

idyllic valley with peaceful villages

TO THE SOUTH/ SOUTHWEST

Bridport & West Bay:

bustling, slightly old-fashioned town and harbour

Eggardon Hill-fort:

iron age settlement with glorious view

Loders, Uploders, Powerstock,Nettlecombe, West Milton, Askerswell:

tiny golden villages, nestling below Eggardon

Golden Cap:

highest point on the South Coast with exhilirating views from Portland to South Devon

Charmouth and Lyme Regis:

famous old coastal resorts rich in fossils: prominent in  Jane Austin's "Persuasion" and
 John Fowles' "The French Lieutenant's Woman"

TO THE NORTH-EAST

Kingcombe Centre:

Conservation Educational Centre in idyllic setting next to Reserve

Sydling St. Nicholas :

charming village

Cerne Abbas:

Cerne Giant, teashops, pretty cottage

Minterne Magna:

magnificent estate and woodland garden overlooking lovely valley

Sherborne:

cultural capital of Dorset. Famous Abbey

TO THE NORTH-WEST

Hooke Woods:

extensive bluebell & beech woods

Mapperton Manor:

Italianate water gardens in steep valley overlooked by Jacobean manor house frequently used as film set.

Beaminster:

"Emminster" in "Tess of the Durbervilles"; exceptionally pretty town in lovely setting

Loscombe:

hamlet by stream in network of tiny, intricately-contoured secret valleys

Netherbury and Stoke Abbott:

charming, honey- coloured villages hidden away in folds of the hills

Lewesdon, Pilsdon, & Lambert's Castle:

hill forts with stunning views, each highly individual

In addition, the following sites might interest you: Abbotsbury    Bockhampton  Beaminster   Bridport & West Bay   Burton Bradstock