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Cerne Abbas (above) and

Milton Abbas (below)
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Hillyground Cottage Holidays

Self-Catering Holiday Cottages in the Heart of the Blackmore Vale

Much of Dorset has been designated an AONB—an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty— and has some of the most beautiful and varied landscapes in England. The area is protected to conserve its diverse wildlife and celebrate our rich cultural heritage.  The AONB includes the Blackmore Vale, with Sturminster Newton at its heart.

The other areas of the AONB are:

· Dorset Downs

· South Purbeck

· Dorset Heaths

· Marshwood and Powerstock Vale

· Blackdowns

· Weymouth Lowlands

· Yeovil Scarplands

 

                                                                                

Piddletrenthide

Self-catering holidays

in Dorset
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Everywhere you go in Dorset you will pass through gorgeous little villages, truly traditional with thatched cottages, old parish churches, and all surrounded by miles of glorious English countryside.

Piddletrenthide (above) and Fontmell Magna (below)
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Fontmell Down at dawn

View of Hambledon Hill from Hinton St Mary
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View over Blackmore Vale from Bulbarrow Hill
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Scenery near Dorchester

Visit the Fontmell and Melbury Downs, the National Trust’s largest chalk downland site.