One of my favourite beaches is South Beach in Studland, the last stretch of sand before the chalk cliffs, where you can get a real mug of tea from Joe's cafe and take it down to the beach.

Head further west along the Isle of Purbeck to the Square and Compass pub in the village of Worth Matravers, an old whitewashed beer and table skittles pub, where you can enjoy a homemade pasty and views to the sea between the East and West Man.

Once described in Penguin's 1949 guide to Wilts and Dorset as having 'some reputation for providing a bit of local colour', it is full of character and charm not least provided by the free roaming hens clucking around your feet.

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A teeny tiny pub in a teeny tiny village. Try the sit-down-be-cider. Visit the geology museum. But what you really need to do is find the local expert - Mr Cooper, who has written a book on the history of the pub. Ply him with a pint of the aforementioned cider and he will tell you all you want to know about the pub, the Purbeck coast or the art and architecture of Rajasthan.

Worth Matravers
Swanage
Dorset
BH19 3LF
01929 439 229

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The ideal place for fossil enthusiasts. On the beaches and foreshore of Swanage but also in other coasts of Dorset you will find thousands of them.

www.hotelara.com/travel/uk/england/dorset.html

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Nicest beaches on the south coast.

There is Studland Beach for the adventurous sun seeker who like to be natural.

Take a while to get there by car.

They have a new Monglian Yurt Village.

In Dorset, on the coast
www.yurtvillage.co.uk for the Mongolian yurt place

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Nice futon beds. Warm wood-burning fires.
Huge yurt. Can sleep 10 people in the big one - we did.

Washpond Lane, Swanage
www.yurtvillage.co.uk

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