Acorn
Inn
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| Evershot, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0JW Tel: 01935 83228 |
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 Delightful 16th Century inn located in a typically
English country village setting between Yeovil and Dorchester, with open fires, oak
panelling and a skittle alley. Excellent food and traditional cask ales. |
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| Seatown, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 6JU Tel: 01297 489215 |
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  Excellent
inn located as close to the sea as you can get without getting your feet wet. ( Although
that can't be guaranteed !) Nestling under 'Golden Cap', the highest point on the south
coast of England the inn sits in the centre of a little cove in Lyme Bay. Good food and
traditional cask ales can be enjoyed whilst viewing the wonderful photos of the whales and
dolphins that have visited ! |
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| Colehill, Dorset, BH21 7AH Tel: 01202 882140 |
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| 16th century thatched inn just 5 miles from Poole
harbour, originally a drover's cottage with low beamed ceiling, panelled walls and a
delightful inglenook fireplace with bread oven housing a warm winter log fire. Excellent
food including a daily specials board can be followed up in the summer by a game on the
boule pitch outside. |
Brace
of Pheasants
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| Plush, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7RQ Tel: 01404 348357 |
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| Thatched inn, formerly the village Blacksmith. Great
Food and good ale. |
The
Crown
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| Church Street, Puncknowle, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9BN Tel: 01300
897711 |
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  Delightful thatched
inn opposite the Village Church which was once favoured by smugglers. Just 1 mile from the
South West Coastal Path and Abbotsbury Castle. |
Elm
Tree Inn
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| Shop Lane, Langton Herring, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4HU Tel:
01305 871257 |
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| Excellent 16th century inn, once a famous haunt for
smugglers and was the lunchtime venue for Barnes Wallis, the designer of the famous Dam
Busters bomb when the bomb was being tested on Chesil Beach. Three bars complete with
inglenook fireplaces, flagstone floors and decorated in copper brass and old farm
implements. Wide range of traditional cask ales are complimented by superb food amid
classical music. |
Fleur
de Lys
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| 5 Wimborne Street, Cranborne, Dorset, BH21 5PP Tel: 01725
517282 |
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| Picturesque inn, sections of which date to the 11th
century. Thomas Hardy used it as the model for the village tavern in Tess of the
D’Urbervilles and later it inspired Rupert Brooke to pen a celebratory poem. |
Fox
Inn
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| West Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5HD Tel: 01929
480449 |
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| Excellent 16th-century inn, where every Shrove Tuesday
members of the Ancient Order of Marblers - who used to work in the nearby Purbeck stone
quarries - must prove their sobriety by running through the village without spilling any
of their beer. |
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| Corscombe, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 0NS Tel: 01935 891330 |
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 Excellent thatched inn dating back to 1620 and
renowned for superb food and traditional ales. |
George
Inn
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| Custom House Quay, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8BE Tel: 01305
773301 |
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| Excellent inn overlooking Weymouth harbour and serving
well kept cask ales. |
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| The Square, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5EZ Tel: 01929 480205 |
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| Originally two 17th century cottages, the
Greyhound’s distinctive external feature in a porch with three Tuscan columns
supporting a room above. It stands opposite the site where 'King Edward the Martyr' was
stabbed in 978 and can be visited from Swanage by steam train on the Purbeck line |
Half
Moon Inn
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| Half Moon Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3LN Tel: 01935
812017 |
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| Lovely half timbered inn adjacent to the wonderful
Sherborne Abbey. An excellent reputation for food served in a homely welcoming atmosphere. |
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| Thames St, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1JN Tel: 01202 685666 |
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 The Mansion House is
an hotel rather than an inn. It isn't the cheapest accommodation in Poole but it's well
worth the extra. Originally the Mayoral House of Poole dating back to 1780, the restaurant
is first class and the comfort is luxury. |
Marquis
Of Lorne
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| Nettlecombe, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3SY Tel: 01308 485236 |
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 Welcoming 16th Century former farmhouse set in
beautiful unspoilt Dorset countryside. Good food, traditional cask ales and just 5 miles
from the sea. |
Rose
& Crown
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| Trent, Sherbourne, Dorset, DT9 4SL Tel: 01252 850776 |
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| Thatched flag stone floored inn close to Yeovil.
Excellent food and ales. |
Shave
Cross Inn
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| Marshwood Vale, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 6HW Tel: 01869 868358 |
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 14th Century thatched inn set in the
beautiful Marshwood Vale and only about 4 miles from the Dorset coastline. |
Ship
In Distress
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| Stanpit, Mudeford, Dorset, BH23 3NA Tel: 01202 485123 |
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| 300 year old smugglers inn, just 10 minutes from
Mudeford Quay serving cask ales and good food with a daily delivery of locally landed
fresh fish, crabs & lobsters. |
Smiths
Arms
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| Godmanstone, Dorset, DT2 7AQ Tel: 01300 341236 |
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| One of a handful of inns which claim to be
Britain’s smallest pub, this thatched 15th-century structure was a blacksmith’s
until Charles II chanced by one day and desiring a drink, issued and granted a license on
the spot. |
Smugglers
Inn
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| Osmington Mills, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 6HF Tel: 01305 833125 |
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| 13th century inn formerly the Crown, and later the
Picnic but Smugglers is more apt since here was one of the leading landing places for the
gentlemen of the night in the 18th century. It was the headquarters of the famous French
smuggler Pierre Latour, better known locally as French Peter. Wide range of cask ales and
an excellent menu with some 'Brill' seafood ! |
Square
& Compass
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| Worth Matravers, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 3LF Tel: 01929 439229 |
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| Excellent old smugglers inn which has been in the same
family for over 90 years. The ale is served straight from the cask and is served through a
little hatch and in earthenware jugs. Flagstone floors and great coastal views. |
orset
has many areas that have been designated as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has a
generally hilly landscape, with chalk downs stretching across the west of the county.
Among the ruins left from Anglo-Saxon times are those of Corfe Castle, a seat of the Saxon
kings of Wessex. Dorset is home to the famous Cerne Abbas Giant, a huge figure of a naked
man cut into the turf on a chalk hillside.
