Dorset

Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, situated in the south of the county at {{coor dms|50|43|00|N|02|26|00|W|}}. Between its extreme points Dorset measures 50 miles (80 km) from east to west and 40 miles (64 km) north to south, and has an area of 1,024 square miles (2,653 km²). Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east and Hampshire to the east. The county is largely rural with a low population and population density. Dorset's motto is Who's Afear'd.

External links

• Full list of Dorset links at dmoz.org
• {{wikitravel|Dorset}}
• The Dorset Page - An introduction to Dorset
• Dorset County Council
• Rural Dorset - Info, Photos, Places
• Dorset & thereabouts
• Info, Photos, Places
• Dorset County Museum
• The Dorset Evening Echo
• The Dorset Coast Forum
• Dorset Wildlife Trust
• Dorset Online Parish Clerks (online parish registers)

; Photographs

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

• By wikipedian Steinsky
• Images of Dorset.org.uk