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Local National Trust Properties

Brownsea Island

Peaceful island of woodland and heath with a wide variety of wildlife, famous for being the birthplace of Scouting and Guiding.

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Clouds Hill

Clouds Hill in Wareham was the rural retreat of T. E. Lawrence, perhaps better known as Lawrence of Arabia.

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Corfe Castle

Thousand-year-old castle, an iconic survivor of the English Civil War, rising above the Isle of Purbeck

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Hardy Monument

The Hardy Monument was erected in memory of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy of HMS Victory.

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Hardy’s Cottage

The birthplace of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy who lived here until the age of 34

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Kingston Lacy

A splendid 17th C house with lavish interiors, a famous art collection and a collection of Egyptian artefacts as well as a Japanese tea garden, parkland and the Iron Age hill fort of Bradbury Rings.

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Mompesson House

Elegant and spacious 18th-century house in the Cathedral Close, Salisbury. A rare retreat of peace and tranquillity in Salisbury city centre

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Phipps House & Dinton Park

Early 19th-century neo-Grecian house, near Salisbury, designed for William Wyndham, a leading late Georgian politician

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Stourhead

A celebrated 18th-century landscape garden and Palladian mansion, near Warminster. Enchanting temples, monuments and rare planting around a tranquil lake. A Palladian mansion filled with Georgian treasures: Chippendale furniture and fine paintings.

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Studland Beach and Nature Reserve

Glorious sandy beaches stretching for 3 miles and heathland. A haven for rare birds and other native wildlife. The Trust’s only designated naturist beach is at Knoll Beach.

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