Lewesdon Hill is just one of the many Iron Age hill forts in West Dorset. Located just south of Broadwindsor, 8 miles north of Bridport, and now owned by the National Trust.  It is the highest point in Dorset at 279m (next door hill fort Pilsdon Pen is a mere 277m). Each hill fort has it’s own [...]

Take a walk eastwards along the South West Coast path from Burton Bradstock and after about a mile you reach Cogden Beach. At first this stretch of coastline would not appear to be that interesting from a nature watching point of view. But how wrong first impressions can be. Along the path itself, what seems at first to be [...]

There are little gems hiding in the far corner of a small field of rough pasture, which is itself hidden in a far corner of West Dorset. For most of the year the site is unprepossessing. The slope is steep and the going is extremely boggy. It appears to be nothing but rough sedge, creeping [...]

Tate Cattistock is part of the 2011 Bridport and West Dorset Open Studios, which will be running from 21 – 30 May. It is a group of four artists from Cattistock, West Dorset: Liz Somerville (prints),  Merrily Harpur (paintings), Nicola Butler (botanical watercolours) and Virginia Day (stone sculpture). It will also include invited artists: Mark Somerville (photography), [...]

Eype is a tiny little village on the coast just a couple of miles from the centre of Bridport. It’s steep, narrow and winding lane and cottages feel more like Cornwall than Dorset in places. If possible choose a clear day. Drive through Eype, all the way down to the beach, where there is a [...]