Dorset, a county in South West England, is largely rural with many villages, a few towns and no cities. The predominant industry is tourism, with visitors from home and abroad drawn to the county's coast and countryside.
Bournemouth is the largest town in Dorset and has a massive white sand beach and a famously busy nightlife.
Poole harbour is the second biggest natural harbour on the planet (after Sydney).
A seaside holiday favourite, Weymouth is famous for its wide beach and Georgian seafront.
Named after its priory church, Christchurch is an attractive small town with Norman ruins and many historical buildings.
Ferndown is a modern residential town less known by tourists, with good transport links.
Dorchester, birthplace of Thomas Hardy, has a history going back to the iron age.
Wimborne Minster is a market town noted for its interesting riverside walks
Bridport is traditionally a rope and net making town with the industry still going today, one net customer being the Wimbledon tennis championships.
Verwood was the centre of the local pottery industry.
Blandford Forum's town centre was mostly destroyed by fire in 1731 and was rebuilt in the classical Georgian style.
Gillingham lost half its population in the black death of 1348/49.
Swanage is a seaside town with sandy beaches and a pier.
Sherborne has for centuries hosted an annual street fair, Pack Monday Fair, starting on the Monday following 10 October.
Shaftesbury is England's second highest town at 274m above sea level.
Wareham is one of only two Saxon walled settlements remaining in the U.K.
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