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Canford Heath is Dorset's largest heathland, [35] [36] and much of it is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of the Dorset Heathlands Special Protection Area. [37] [38] [39] Canford Heath is the largest lowland heath in the United Kingdom, [40] and is home to many rare species, including the smooth snake, sand lizard and Dartford warbler.
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Dorset is one of only five non metropolitan counties in England not to have a single motorway. However, two trunk road corridors run east–west through the county. In the north, the A303 London to Exeter and Cornwall road briefly enters the county, though for most of its route it is north of the borders with Somerset and Wiltshire.
This is a list of settlements and other places in Dorset, England. Towns, and settlements with populations over 3,000, are listed in bold ; other settlements in plain text. Contents:
Alderney Cottage, later Alderney Manor, was sited on the Poole to Ringwood road between Knighton Bottom and Howe Corner from the early 19th century. A housing estate now occupies the site. The politician, writer and sportsman Grantley Berkeley was the tenant there from around 1860 until 1880, just before his death. [ 9 ]
Mid Dorset and North Poole [ edit ] Bere Regis, Broadstone, Canford Heath East, Canford Heath West, Colehill East, Colehill West, Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, Corfe Mullen South, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster and Upton East, Lytchett Minster and Upton West, Merley and Bearwood, St Martin, Wareham, Wimborne Minster.
In 1846, the Canford Manor Estate, Dorset was purchased by John Josiah Guest, the Welsh iron magnate, and his wife Lady Charlotte Guest, for £335,000 as a country retreat. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Over time the family spent increasing amounts of time in Dorset , although Guest continued his role as sole manager of the Dowlais Ironworks Company , which had ...