HERE is an outline history of quarrying on Portland. The first recorded use of Portland Stone was around 1100 when William II built the Rufus or Bow and Arrow Castle which overlooks Church Ope Cove.

A village that looks like it's been pulled from the pages of a storybook has been praised by visitors, who often claim it feels like they've travelled back in time when visiting. And it's only a short ...

12:44, Thu, Jan 22, 2026 Updated: 12:51, Thu, Jan 22, 2026 A village that looks like it's been lifted straight from a fairytale has earned acclaim from tourists, with many saying it feels as if ...

Camp Bestival has announced Fatboy Slim, Self Esteem and Bastille will headline this year at the family-focused festival. The four‑day event, now in its 18th year, returns to Lulworth Castle, Dorset, ...

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...

Did you know one of the oldest working postboxes in the UK can be found in Dorset? While the first iconic red pillar boxes were erected in Jersey in 1852, they later came to Britain the following year ...

The UK is home to plenty of places that look like they've been torn straight from the pages of a storybook – and you don't have to travel far to find them! In fact, there's one village in particular ...

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In 2024, LEGO began the most ambitious build project the company has ever attempted: a fully realized, minifigure-scale re-creation of Hogwarts Castle, made famous by the Harry Potter franchise. A ...

Plan Ahead: To avoid long ticket lines at the entrance, buy your tickets online in advance. Castelo de São Jorge, or St. George's Castle, is perched atop Lisbon's highest hill in Alfama, offering both ...