Gold Hill in Shaftsbury, Dorset, is the cobbled street used in a once-famous Hovis ad, which was directed by Ridley Scott. Here it’s seen in a different light with the Milky Way rising above.

The chocolate-box cobbled street is actually called Gold Hill and curves through Shaftesbury, Dorset – which at 715ft above sea level is one of the loftiest villages in England. The abode for ...

Locals living along the cobbled Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, made famous in a beloved 1973 Hovis advert, say visitors even peer into their homes, thinking the residents are actors.

The Larmer Tree Festival 2008, between Blandford and Shaftesbury in north Dorset, was opened by Jools ... where he says he ran a bouncy castle at the one-day festival, as it was then.

A castle in Dorset has been partially closed because of fears some of the structure is crumbling and could pose a safety risk to climbing youngsters. The upper section of the medieval Corfe Castle is ...