Best hotels for walking in Dorset

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The Priory - Gin Stay Package Special Offer

Wareham

There’s certainly nothing monastic about the rooms in this much-loved hotel, standing in four acres of ‘beautiful grounds’ bordered by the River Frome beside the Saxon priory church.

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The Eastbury Hotel & Spa - Doggy Getaway Special Offer

Sherborne

Close to Sherborne Abbey, this handsome Georgian town house in ‘lovely’ walled gardens makes a ‘pleasant retreat’ in the heart of the historic market town.

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Plumber Manor - Spring Three Night Special Offer

Sturminster Newton

For close to 50 years the Prideaux-Brune family have welcomed guests to their ancestral Jacobean manor house in an English country garden with the Divelish stream skipping through.

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Summer Lodge, Evershot

Staying in this Georgian mansion in ‘flower-filled and perfectly tended gardens’ is 'a pretty faultless experience', with 'every detail properly attended to but the atmosphere still friendly and relaxed', say readers.

Yalbury Cottage, Dorchester

Deep in Thomas Hardy country, this picture-perfect thatched cottage is a popular restaurant-with-rooms run with great charm by Ariane and her husband, Jamie.

Castleman, Blandford Forum

The Castleman is ceasing as a hotel and restaurant, and will be operating solely as a whole house self-catering property from October 14th 2022.

Captain’s Club Hotel, Christchurch

You can relax on a terrace beside the River Stour to the sound of lapping waves and popping corks at this streamlined, nautical-themed luxury hotel, spa and popular wedding venue.

The Acorn Inn, Evershot

Thomas Hardy fans will be in their element at this local watering hole in Dorset, which was the model for 'The Sow and Acorn’ in Tess of the d’Urbervilles.

The Pig on the Beach, Studland

There is a fairy-tale aspect with more than a hint of Hogwarts to this 1820s marine villa with a sandy beach at the bottom of the garden in a village that inspired Noddy’s Toy Town.

The Seaside Boarding House, Burton Bradstock

A playful mix of Edward Hopper’s Cape Cod and Edwardian seaside hotel, this white-painted villa above Chesil Beach has an easy-going stylishness, conducive to fun.

Dorset House, Lyme Regis

Dorset House describes itself as a ‘breakfast with rooms’, which is a clue that the morning feast in this eco-friendly, cream-washed Georgian house is a bit out of the ordinary.

The Grange at Oborne, OBORNE

Built of stone from the Purbeck hills, this 200-year-old house on the edge of the village stands in formal gardens (floodlit at night).

The Ollerod, Beaminster

The Ollerod (Dorset dialect for cowslip), with boutique rooms and a dabster in the kitchen, is the perfect place for a bit’ a’ drap when you’re hungry and athirt.

Moonfleet Manor, Fleet

‘As a family we have said we need to try to visit once a year at least,’ write readers after a visit to this child-friendly, dog-friendly hotel occupying a Georgian manor house above Chesil Beach.

La Fleur de Lys, Shaftesbury

It is more than 30 years since David and Mary Griffin-Shepherd and Marc Preston opened a restaurant-with-rooms in this market town overlooking Blackmore Vale in Hardy country.

The Grosvenor Arms, Shaftesbury

This former coaching inn, in a hilltop Dorset town, combines Georgian features with a contemporary style to create an intimate feel.

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The Priory - Gin Stay Package Special Offer

Wareham

The Eastbury Hotel & Spa - Doggy Getaway Special Offer

Sherborne

Plumber Manor - Spring Three Night Special Offer

Sturminster Newton

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