Beautiful Dorset, West Country.

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Dorset

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http://www.dorsetmagazine.co.uk/home

http://www.visit-dorset.com/

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Tourism...Vacations.html

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Moors Valley Country Park, Ashley Heath, Dorset

Moors Valley Country Park, (officially Moors Valley Country Park and Forest,)
is a Country Park situated in Ashley Heath, Dorset, ten miles north of Bournemouth,
on the border with Hampshire, in the south of England.

The park has adventure play equipment, a tree top walkway, a 'Go Ape!' high ropes course
a visitor centre and restaurant.
There is also a narrow gauge steam railway (the Moors Valley Railway), a golf course,
lakes, cycle hire,waymarked walks and cycle routes.
A ranger service provides a wide range of events and an educational programme.

http://www.visit-dorset.com/things-t...forest-p140153
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/...leycountrypark
http://www.moors-valley.co.uk/

The Moors Valley Railway is a 71⁄4 inch narrow gauge passenger railway,
in the Moors Valley Country Park at Ashley Heath, Dorset, England near Ringwood in Hampshire.

There are 17 steam engines and 2 diesel engines.
The railway is fully signalled, with two signal boxes,
one in a Great Western Railway style and one in a British Rail Southern Region style.

The latter box also contains a mini lever frame and push button panel, for the control of the Lakeside area.
The railway was constructed at its present location in 1985/86 and opened to the public in July 1986,
after the closure in 1985 of its predecessor at Tucktonia in nearby Christchurch, which had run since 1979.

There's also a mini childrens steam train encircling Poole Park in Dorset too,
which has mini golf, mini boats, mini cars, childrens science learning centre, swans,
and plenty more there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_Valley_Railway

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Compton Acres in Poole, Dorset, south-west England

'The South's Finest Privately Owned Historic Gardens'

'Compton Acres invites you to experience the beauty of our historic gardens.

Compton Acres was built in 1924 and is a wonderful example
of a historic garden in the UK.

It is of late Victorian Mixed Style design
with seven distinct gardens to wander around and enjoy,
including the famous Italian and Japanese Gardens.

Having undergone extensive refurbishment in the past 8 years,
Compton Acres is now highly regarded
as one of the most important historic gardens in England.

We employ a team of gardeners and designers
and use modern horticultural techniques to ensure year round interest.
We have added over 1,000 different new plants
to our collection to recapture the genius of the original gardens.

As well as its ten beautiful acres of gardens,
There are two cafes, a specialist Plant Centre and Shops.

Compton Acres offers a warm welcome to your whole family
with a range of seasonal activities.'
http://www.comptonacres.co.uk/

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Bournemouth Beach

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Bournemouth, Dorset

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Bournemouth, Dorset











Candlelight Nights

Every year, coloured glass bulb-jars with candles inside them
are securely positioned on frames in the
shape of decorative patterns in Bournemouth Gardens,
and the public light the candles inside the bulbs whilst walking around the gardens.