Places to visit in Dorset

The Discover Alone map has 5,986 places, people and events in Dorset, England. Most of the places are free to visit. Choose a kind of place, or open the map to see what is near you.

Kinds of place in Dorset

• Historic places (1,710)
• Archaeology and monuments (1,368)
• Things to do (773)
• Woods, forests and old trees (716)
• Memorials and graveyards (349)
• Viewpoints and information (169)
• Mountains and hills (137)
• Cliffs, bays and coast (118)
• Walking routes (74)
• Castles and forts (60)
• Caves (44)
• Beaches and strands (37)
• Waterfalls, wells and springs (25)
• Wrecks and historic events (13)
• Islands (12)

Some of the best-recorded places in Dorset

• Woodsford Castle, DorsetCastle, fort or towerWoodsford Castle, Dorset is a castle, fort or tower in Dorset, England. Perhaps stones still stand where woods once…
• Weatherby CastleArchaeological placeWeatherby Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on a Dorset chalk spur where double ramparts still throw long shadows across a…
• Wash Houses and Connecting Boundary Wall to Rear of Alma TerraceListed buildingThe National Heritage List for England records Wash Houses and Connecting Boundary Wall to Rear of Alma Terrace as a…
• Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock FarmScheduled monumentThe National Heritage List for England records Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south…
• Wall and Retaining Wall to River Brit Running Along North Side of Pavement From the Court As Far As West MillListed buildingThe National Heritage List for England records Wall and Retaining Wall to River Brit Running Along North Side of…
• Wall Along South Side From Opposite the Dorset Water Board Office to the Corner with South Mill LaneListed buildingThe National Heritage List for England records Wall Along South Side From Opposite the Dorset Water Board Office to the…
• Village of Corfe Castle from within the castleCastle, fort or towerVillage of Corfe Castle from within the castle is a castle, fort or tower in Dorset, England. Perhaps the stones…
• Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard, 15m East of the East Wall of the Church of St John the BaptistListed buildingThe National Heritage List for England records Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard, 15m East of the East Wall of…
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy MonumentScheduled monumentThe National Heritage List for England records Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument as…
• Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long BarrowScheduled monumentThe National Heritage List for England records Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long Barrow as…
• Two barrows known as 'Ferny Barrows' 500m west of Whiteway Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery to the south-east of East LulworthScheduled monumentThe National Heritage List for England records Two barrows known as 'Ferny Barrows' 500m west of Whiteway Farm: part of…
• The Rings: a ringwork and bailey and a Civil War battery 400m south west of Corfe CastleScheduled monumentThe Rings is a scheduled monument in Dorset, England, holding a ringwork, a bailey and a Civil War battery 400m south…