We have selected a number of locations in Dorset that may help you decide where you would like to live. They should not be seen as a recommendation and are selected on a geographic basis.

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The Romans landed in Dorset at Poole Harbour and The Fleet and moved inland, while other groups travelled west from Old Sarum and Winchester. At  Abbotsbury on the Fleet, the Romans quickly took the hill fort, Abbotsbury Castle, bloodlessly before moving on to Maiden Castle. There is some evidence of a struggle at Maiden Castle and Badbury Rings but current opinion amongst archaeologists is that these, and Hod Hill, also fell with ease. There is, however, a find of 130 skeletons at Spetisbury which show that the invasion was not entirely peaceful.

For further history of Dorset  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dorset

Dorset.

Area.  2542 Square Km.

Population. 395,000. Approx. 155 persons per Km.

Housing stock approx. 185,000 houses.

Occupancy. Approx. 30% of housing is single occupancy.

Population growth. Between 1982 - 2002 approx. 16.7%

Dorset Quality rating against other shire counties -2nd.

House Price Average Cost: £250,093

(Land Registry Last quarter 2006.) 

• Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty accounts for 53% of Dorset's total land area. Over 140 Sites of Special Scientific Interest, covering almost 18, 800 hectares

• 9 National Nature reserves

• 34 regionally important geological or geomorphical sites (40 under consideration)
• 1,500 sites of nature conservation interest
• 91km of heritage coastline
• 30,370 hectares of greenbelt 

The Dorset and East Devon Coast offers a Walk Through Time of 185 million years of Earth's history and stretches the 95 miles from Orcombe Point in Devon to Old Harry Rocks on the Isle of Purbeck, taking in the entire West Dorset coastline.