Search results
Dorset (/ ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t / DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire / ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t. ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DOR-sit-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the ...
- Dorset UK Location Map.Svg
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit...
- Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village...
- Dorset (Disambiguation)
Dorset is a ceremonial county in England. Dorset may also...
- South East Dorset Conurbation
Map of the Bournemouth/Poole built-up area, showing...
- History
Dorset is a rural county in south west England. Its...
- Dorset UK Location Map.Svg
Dorset is a county in the middle of the south coast of England. It lies between the latitudes 50.512°N and 51.081°N and the longitudes 1.682°W and 2.958°W, and occupies an area of 2,653 km 2 (1,024 sq mi). It spans 90 kilometres (56 mi) from east to west and 63 kilometres (39 mi) from north to south.
2 days ago · Dorset, administrative, geographic, and historic county of southwestern England. It is bordered by the English Channel (south) and the counties of Devon (west), Hampshire (east), and Somerset and Wiltshire (both north).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dorset is a county on the south coast of England, in the West Country. Most of the county is agricultural with scattered historic villages and market towns with the Bournemouth-Poole-Christchurch conurbation in the county's south-eastern corner.
A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) to the south.
People also ask
Where is Dorset located?
What does Dorset mean?
What is the population of Dorset?
What is the geography of Dorset?
The counties of England are divisions of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are two main legal definitions of the counties in modern usage: the 84 counties for the purposes of local government, and the 48 counties for the purposes of lieutenancy, also termed the ceremonial counties
.jpg/760px-Mapcarta.jpg&q=dorset%20england%20wikipedia%20map&ck=BF5A78085A31C19F22B6E13A58D55A32&idpp=rc&idpview=singleimage&form=rc2idp "dorset england wikipedia map1")
