Location: Spread Eagle Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset ... Location: Maiden Castle Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9PP If you're in Dorchester and want a nearby spot to visit to see the night sky ...

Just five miles southeast of Shaftesbury ... and used to be a smugglers haunt. The Castle Inn is said to be one of the oldest pubs in Dorset, dating from the 16th century.

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 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.

PC Castle, 46, was dismissed from Dorset Police over the Bournemouth arrest, sparking a wave of criticism as it emerged the teen was suspected of assaulting two people including an elderly gentlemen.

The 2006 Shaftesbury Food Fair brought in the crowds on a sunny May-Day, with hundreds of people enjoying the tastes and smells of Dorset delicacies. The many tastes of Dorset were on display at ...

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 ...

At least three falcon eggs are thought to have been taken Credit: Dorset Police A man from Shaftesbury has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

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 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 ...

The mysterious and ancient Maiden Castle occupies a vast site in Dorset. Clive Aslet takes a look. Maiden Castle is a mystery — but that was intentional, as part of a defensive strategy. An attacker ...