Posted in Dorset, tagged Garston Wood, Shaftesbury on April 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Picture by Clifton Beard
This ancient wood near Shaftesbury is at its best when its breathtaking carpets of bluebells, wood anemones and primroses are in bloom. You can enjoy a walk along easy paths and rides that criss-cross the wood and look for signs of badgers and fallow deer. There are common woodland birds in spring and turtle doves in spring and summer.
Posted in Dorset, Video, tagged Otter, Shaftesbury on December 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Cerridwen is a five-week-old otter cub was rescued near Shaftesbury by Dorset Wildife. Read the story and see more pictures at http://bit.ly/cerridwen
Posted in Dorset, tagged Alfred the Great, Shaftesbury, Thomas Cromwell on December 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Picture by Bell and Jeff
This is all that remains of Shaftesbury Abbey. Founded at Shaftesbury in 888 by Alfred the Great and his daughter Ethelgiva it was to become the wealthiest Benedictine nunnery in England before it was destroyed in 1539 on the order of Thomas Cromwell.
Posted in Dorset, Video, tagged Gillingham, Shaftesbury on December 4, 2008| Leave a Comment »
This is a video of 932 (Gillingham & Shaftesbury) Squadron of the Air Training Corps (ATC) by Narky1035 from 2007 aimed to promote the Air Cadets and to show people in the area what their local squadron gets up to!
Posted in Dorset, Video, tagged Dorchester, Shaftesbury, Weymouth on November 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Part 1
Actor and Dorset resident Martin Clunes introduces the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust, a Dorset based charity that cares for patients with cancer and other progressive conditions who require specialist help.
Part 2
Posted in Dorset, tagged Shaftesbury, Thomas Hardy on September 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Enmore Green by Sebastian Crump
In his novel Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy describes Enmore Green on the outskirts of Shaftesbury saying “It was a place where the churchyard lay nearer heaven than the church steeple”. There is no steeple but I think we can see what he mean’t.
Posted in Dorset, tagged Shaftesbury on September 1, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Old Wardour Castle by Chalkie
Old Wardour Castle is situated on the Dorset-Wiltshire border close to Shaftebsury. It was one of the settings for Kevin Costner’s film of Robin Hood.
Posted in Dorset, tagged Shaftesbury on August 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Shaftesbury Town Hall by Ian Chilton
The town hall at Shaftesbury was built in 1827 by Earl Grosvenor after the Guildhall was pulled down to widen the High Street.It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.
Posted in Dorset, tagged Gold Hill, Shaftesbury on July 31, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Gold Hill, Shaftesbury by Sean
Gold Hill, Shaftesbury is one of the most recognizable sites in Dorset, featured on the cover of countless books about Dorset and rural England. It has also been the site of television advertisements for Hovis bread, directed by Ridley Scott and was also featured in a recent advert for Morrisons.
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