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The Dorset Downs are bounded on the north, along the steep scarp face, by the Blackmore Vale, a large clay and limestone valley.On the east, the Downs were once, thousands of years ago, continuous with Cranborne Chase, but the River Stour now cuts a valley between them, [dubious – discuss] [citation needed] which is the location of Blandford Forum and the eastern boundary of the downs.
The Dorset Down is a breed of sheep native to the Dorset Downs region of England. It originated in the early 19th century from crosses of local and Hampshire ewes with Southdown rams. [ 1 ] The breed is not closely related to the Dorset (a.k.a. Dorset Horned), which is a white-faced sheep.
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.
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A visitor centre and car park occupy a hillside at Lulworth Cove, a popular attraction in the Dorset National Landscape. The coast and countryside in the National Landscape area are valued for its recreational amenity value, with the Dorset National Landscape Partnership recognising pressure from a population of 2.15 million people who live within 40 miles of the National Landscape. [1]
Rampisham Down, chalk hill in the Dorset Downs, near Dorchester, Dorset, England; Rew Down, Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve, Isle of Wight; Roundway Down and Covert, biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England; Seaton Down, the location of an Iron Age hill fort near Seaton, Devon, England
Two-day race meetings were held in March with a Silver Cup and £100 in prize money: Croxton Park Racecourse [78] Leicestershire: England: not known: not known: Held amateur races at the beginning of April: Croydon Racecourse: Surrey: England: 1871: not known: Site now occupied by Long Lane Estate and Ashburton Playing Fields. Dorchester ...
It seems Kelly Clarkson is "Miss Independent" once again!. During the Wednesday, Jan. 22 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, the pop star, 42, revealed that she has started her own label.. The ...