Sea foraging in Dorset - video

There are some gorgeous campsites in Dorset, many overlooking the Jurassic Coast. The founder of the Cool Camping Guides picks his favourites

Dorset is home to some of the UK's most unique geology and natural habitats, including the Jurassic coast, England's only natural world heritage site. We asked the local National Trust rangers for their favourite walks on and around this dramatic coastline

Dorset has a wealth of places to hear live music, and you've a good chance of spotting the odd legend strolling around the area, perhaps on holiday, perhaps lost after a heavy after-show party. The editors of Dorset Music Guide pick their top 10 venues

Our writer may not have been as intrepid as the inventor of the Airstream caravan, who led globe-trotting expeditions in his, but she finds it the perfect base for exploring a beautiful corner of east Dorset

Our pick of the most welcoming and stylish places to stay in Dorset includes a 16th century Abbots House with miniature railway in the garden and a B&B in a former post office

Whether you like sand castles or real castles, there's plenty of choice for a family day out in east Dorset

From hunting for fossils along the beach to discovering amazing sculptures in a disused quarry, there are plenty of ways to fire children's imagination in south and west Dorset, writes Maddie Grigg

This gorgeous B&B on a working farm is perfect for a nano-break from London, says Sally Shalam

This self-catering Dorset getaway combines the idyllic English setting immortalised in the Hovis ad with an extraordinary attention to detail, says Sally Shalam

The best thing about the new apartment above this Beaminster restaurant, owned by MasterChef winner Mat Follas, is that you only have to go downstairs for top grub, says Sally Shalam