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Dorchester (/ ˈ d ɔːr tʃ ɛ s t ər / DOR-ches-tər) is the county town of Dorset, England.It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. 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.
The Municipal Buildings, also known as the Corn Exchange and Town Hall, are located on the north side of High East Street in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The structure, which incorporates the meeting place of Dorchester Town Council and an arts and community venue, is a Grade II* listed building .
The DT postcode area, also known as the Dorchester postcode area, [2] is a group of eleven postcode districts in South West England, within nine post towns.These cover much of Dorset (including Dorchester, Weymouth, Beaminster, Blandford Forum, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Portland, Sherborne and Sturminster Newton), plus very small parts of Devon and Somerset.
Map Areas Alderney and Bourne Valley ... Bournemouth Town Centre, Lansdowne ... Chesil Bank, Chickerell, Chideock and Symondsbury, Dorchester East, Dorchester North ...
By the 17th century the walls had mostly disappeared: John Speed's Map of Dorsetshyre, of 1610, showed the defences as "The ruins of the ould wall". [1] [2] Between 1702 and 1743 the embankments were landscaped to form a series of walks. [2] Hutchins' Map of Dorchester, of 1772, shows tree-lined avenues along the lines of the Roman defences. [1]
The Borough Gardens is a public open space in Dorchester, in Dorset, England, It was opened in 1896, and is listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens. [1] The gardens are owned and maintained by Dorchester Town Council.
The Romans built an aqueduct to supply the town with water, traces remain at nearby Whitfield Farm and approaching Poundbury tunnel on the Dorchester - Yeovil railway. Near the town centre is Maumbury Rings, an ancient British earthwork converted by the Romans for use as an amphitheatre, and to the north west is Poundbury Hill, another pre ...
Dorchester South is one of two railway stations that serve the town of Dorchester in Dorset, England, the other is Dorchester West. The station is on the South West Main Line and is situated 135 miles 70 chains (218.7 km) down the line from London Waterloo , [ note 1 ] between Moreton and Upwey .