St Catherine’s Chapel, Abbotsbury
14th-century hilltop chapel offering spectacular panoramic views across Chesil Beach and coast.
Attractions in Dorset
Explore historic sites, museums, natural wonders, and more
St Nicholas Church, Moreton
Country church with stunning Laurence Whistler engraved glass windows and T.E. Lawrence’s grave.
Red House Museum & Gardens
Award-winning Georgian workhouse museum with interactive displays and beautiful gardens. Free entry.
Purbeck Stone Museum
Museum celebrating Swanage’s stone quarrying heritage and famous Purbeck marble.
Priest’s House Museum & Garden
Medieval townhouse museum showcasing East Dorset social history in charming period room settings.
Gold Hill Museum
Local history museum on famous Gold Hill showcasing Shaftesbury’s rich Anglo-Saxon and medieval heritage.
Nine Stones Stone Circle
Intimate Bronze Age stone circle in a peaceful woodland setting near Winterbourne Abbas.
Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows
Outstanding linear cemetery of 44 Neolithic and Bronze Age burial mounds along a dramatic ridgeline.
Kingston Russell Stone Circle
Dorset’s largest Bronze Age stone circle with 18 standing stones in a dramatic hilltop location.
Edmondsham House & Gardens
Georgian house with Tudor origins featuring delightful walled gardens and organic kitchen garden.