Guidebook for Dorset

Mary-Anne
Guidebook for Dorset

Food Scene

It's just next door and it's good!
31 locals recommend
The Fontmell
31 locals recommend
It's just next door and it's good!
Organic Farm shop with nice cafe and small art gallery on site
8 locals recommend
Gold Hill Organic Farm
Ridgeway Lane
8 locals recommend
Organic Farm shop with nice cafe and small art gallery on site
Small market on Thursday mornings on the High St and in the Town Hall.
High Street
High Street
Small market on Thursday mornings on the High St and in the Town Hall.
Great Indian Restaurant
24 locals recommend
Chutney's
28 Salisbury St
24 locals recommend
Great Indian Restaurant
Nice pub
26 locals recommend
King John Inn
26 locals recommend
Nice pub
Nice pub with playground opposite and Hambledon Hill (good walking) behind
12 locals recommend
Cricketers Shroton
12 locals recommend
Nice pub with playground opposite and Hambledon Hill (good walking) behind
Pub on Shaftesbury High Street with good views from the garden.
12 locals recommend
Mitre
23 High St
12 locals recommend
Pub on Shaftesbury High Street with good views from the garden.
Beautiful Pub with good food and nice garden
99 locals recommend
The Beckford Arms
99 locals recommend
Beautiful Pub with good food and nice garden
Gorgeous 14th Century pub (in the middle of nowhere). flagstone floor, open inglenook fireplace - very cosy in the winter but equally​ as gorgeous in the Summer sitting outside!
54 locals recommend
The Compasses Inn
54 locals recommend
Gorgeous 14th Century pub (in the middle of nowhere). flagstone floor, open inglenook fireplace - very cosy in the winter but equally​ as gorgeous in the Summer sitting outside!
Village Shop - Tearoom
Fontmell Magna cafe
Church Street
Village Shop - Tearoom
Tearoom at the airfield - great view and you can watch the small aircraft​ fly in and out
29 locals recommend
Compton Abbas Airfield
29 locals recommend
Tearoom at the airfield - great view and you can watch the small aircraft​ fly in and out
Gorgeous​ location within a walled kitchen garden.
71 locals recommend
Pythouse Kitchen Garden
71 locals recommend
Gorgeous​ location within a walled kitchen garden.
Cafe located at Parterre @ Keyneston Mill. Beautiful scented​ garden (used to make the fragrances)
10 locals recommend
Keyneston Mill, Home of Parterre Fragrances
Keyneston Mill
10 locals recommend
Cafe located at Parterre @ Keyneston Mill. Beautiful scented​ garden (used to make the fragrances)
38 locals recommend
The Grosvenor Arms
High Street
38 locals recommend
40 locals recommend
Brassica Restaurant
4 The Square
40 locals recommend
Great location at Hauser and Wirth Gallery.
104 locals recommend
Roth Bar & Grill
Dropping Lane
104 locals recommend
Great location at Hauser and Wirth Gallery.

Sightseeing

Made famous by the Hovis (bike) advert made in 1973
92 locals recommend
Gold Hill
Gold Hill
92 locals recommend
Made famous by the Hovis (bike) advert made in 1973

Drinks & Nightlife

Quirky Bar in Shaftesbury - often has DJ/Live music.
8 locals recommend
Angola '76
Mustons Lane
8 locals recommend
Quirky Bar in Shaftesbury - often has DJ/Live music.

Getting Around

12 locals recommend
Gillingham Station
12 locals recommend
Car Rental located near the station
Dorset Vehicle Rentals
Lower Station Road
Car Rental located near the station

Arts & Culture

The gallery is located in a beautiful thatched tithe Barn (one of the largest in the country). Cafe on site.
72 locals recommend
Messums Wiltshire
Court Street
72 locals recommend
The gallery is located in a beautiful thatched tithe Barn (one of the largest in the country). Cafe on site.
Famous gallery with beautiful garden and popular cafe/restaurant on site.
272 locals recommend
Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Dropping Lane
272 locals recommend
Famous gallery with beautiful garden and popular cafe/restaurant on site.