Lake Farm Dorset Guidebook
Food scene
Grab a drink and relax next to the bars open log fire or on the terrace in warmer months. Delicious food created with locally sourced ingredients is also served in the atmospheric dining room.
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The Ollerod
3 Prout HillGrab a drink and relax next to the bars open log fire or on the terrace in warmer months. Delicious food created with locally sourced ingredients is also served in the atmospheric dining room.
A family-run business in picturesque Beaminster serving the very best food, beautifully cooked in a relaxed atmosphere.
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Brassica Restaurant
4 The SquareA family-run business in picturesque Beaminster serving the very best food, beautifully cooked in a relaxed atmosphere.
Located near to Burton Bradstock at Bredy Farm. A family-run restaurant famous locally for its pizza!
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The Parlour
Located near to Burton Bradstock at Bredy Farm. A family-run restaurant famous locally for its pizza!
Charming 16th century coaching inn within Thomas Hardy’s enchanting village of Evershot. Mouthwatering dishes served in the formal dining room or head to the bar for a game of skittles and traditional pub games.
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Acorn Inn
28 Fore StreetCharming 16th century coaching inn within Thomas Hardy’s enchanting village of Evershot. Mouthwatering dishes served in the formal dining room or head to the bar for a game of skittles and traditional pub games.
A trendy hangout in Bridport that specialises in East Asian small plates. Highly recommended!
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Dorshi
6 Chancery LnA trendy hangout in Bridport that specialises in East Asian small plates. Highly recommended!
Enjoy panoramic coastal views of Seatown, elevated pub grub and exceptionally fresh fish washed down with award winning local ales from the terrace of this 160 year old pub.
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The Anchor Inn
Enjoy panoramic coastal views of Seatown, elevated pub grub and exceptionally fresh fish washed down with award winning local ales from the terrace of this 160 year old pub.
Sister restaurant to The Club House, West Bexington & The Clockhouse, West Bay ideally situated to enjoy the iconic coastline specialising in fish dishes.
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Hive Beach Cafe Burton Bradstock
Beach RoadSister restaurant to The Club House, West Bexington & The Clockhouse, West Bay ideally situated to enjoy the iconic coastline specialising in fish dishes.
Sister restaurant to the Hive Beach Café, Burton Bradstock & The Clockhouse, West Bay ideally situated to enjoy the iconic coastline specialising in fish dishes.
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The Club House
Beach RoadSister restaurant to the Hive Beach Café, Burton Bradstock & The Clockhouse, West Bay ideally situated to enjoy the iconic coastline specialising in fish dishes.
Washingpool Farm Shop
Dottery RoadFelicity's Farm Shop
A35Sightseeing
A steep walk uphill from Seatown is rewarded with magnificent views at the rocky shoulder of the Golden Cap, the highest point on the south coast!
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Golden Cap
A steep walk uphill from Seatown is rewarded with magnificent views at the rocky shoulder of the Golden Cap, the highest point on the south coast!
Spectacular scenery from the shingle beach backed by sandstone cliffs and featured in The Good Beach guide. Take away fish & Chips from Rachels on the quayside come highly recommended (check opening hours online).
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West Bay Beach Dorset
EsplanadeSpectacular scenery from the shingle beach backed by sandstone cliffs and featured in The Good Beach guide. Take away fish & Chips from Rachels on the quayside come highly recommended (check opening hours online).
A really pretty place for a walk, starting at Portland you can walk all the way to Abbotsbury
Chesil Beach
A really pretty place for a walk, starting at Portland you can walk all the way to Abbotsbury
Hive beach is a spectacular section of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage site. Many varied and picturesque coastal walks can be accessed here.
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Burton Bradstock
Hive beach is a spectacular section of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage site. Many varied and picturesque coastal walks can be accessed here.
Less well known, Eype offers seclusion away from the other more popular beaches from where you can watch the sunset in the west over Lyme Bay. A host of local walking routes also lead from the beach.
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Eype beach
Less well known, Eype offers seclusion away from the other more popular beaches from where you can watch the sunset in the west over Lyme Bay. A host of local walking routes also lead from the beach.
Winner of Historic Houses Garden of the Year Award 2020, Mapperton is a glorious sandstone manor house and romantic valley garden deep among tumbling hills and unspoiled countryside. Fifteen acres of gardens descend from the croquet lawn, through the formal topiary down to the wild garden. Coach House Café serve tea, cakes & light lunches.
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Mapperton House & Gardens
Winner of Historic Houses Garden of the Year Award 2020, Mapperton is a glorious sandstone manor house and romantic valley garden deep among tumbling hills and unspoiled countryside. Fifteen acres of gardens descend from the croquet lawn, through the formal topiary down to the wild garden. Coach House Café serve tea, cakes & light lunches.
Magnificent Victorian walled garden set in 20 acres of woodland valley. The unique micro- climate enables rare and exotic species from all over the world to thrive here.
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Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
Bullers WayMagnificent Victorian walled garden set in 20 acres of woodland valley. The unique micro- climate enables rare and exotic species from all over the world to thrive here.
A 600 year old swannery, the only place in the world where you are able to walk through the heart of a colony of nesting Mute Swans.
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Abbotsbury Swannery
New Barn RoadA 600 year old swannery, the only place in the world where you are able to walk through the heart of a colony of nesting Mute Swans.
One of the country’s most picturesque market towns, Sherborne boasts a number of independent shops, an Abbey, two castles and one of Capability Brown’s first landscape Gardens.
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Sherborne
One of the country’s most picturesque market towns, Sherborne boasts a number of independent shops, an Abbey, two castles and one of Capability Brown’s first landscape Gardens.
Cerne Abbas is a charming and quaint village that is world renowned for the Cerne Giant, a 180 ft high ancient chalk figure carved out into the steep sloping hillside above the village. After exploring there are a selection of pubs and tea rooms to choose from.
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Cerne Abbas
Cerne Abbas is a charming and quaint village that is world renowned for the Cerne Giant, a 180 ft high ancient chalk figure carved out into the steep sloping hillside above the village. After exploring there are a selection of pubs and tea rooms to choose from.
This pretty village is home to The Acorn Inn, famously featured in three Thomas Hardy novels. Loop walks from the pub take you through a deer park and along magical woodland pathways.
Evershot
This pretty village is home to The Acorn Inn, famously featured in three Thomas Hardy novels. Loop walks from the pub take you through a deer park and along magical woodland pathways.
An iron Age hill fort and downland with views across the Marshwood Vale to the coast. A great place for walking or simply taking in the extensive views of the surrounding countryside and the English Channel in the distance.
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Eggardon Hill Fort
King's LaneAn iron Age hill fort and downland with views across the Marshwood Vale to the coast. A great place for walking or simply taking in the extensive views of the surrounding countryside and the English Channel in the distance.
Country Walks – Bridleways & footpaths near to Lake Farm
A fascinating woodland, home to Architectural Association students and their incredible wooden structures nestled amongst the ancient bluebell woodland.
Hooke Park
Hooke ParkA fascinating woodland, home to Architectural Association students and their incredible wooden structures nestled amongst the ancient bluebell woodland.
An ancient oak wood thought to have inspired Thomas Hardy when writing ‘Far From The Madding Crowd’, hauntingly beautiful and carpeted in bluebells during spring.
Westcombe Coppice
An ancient oak wood thought to have inspired Thomas Hardy when writing ‘Far From The Madding Crowd’, hauntingly beautiful and carpeted in bluebells during spring.
Mapperton – A stunning series of gullies, hillocks, and hidden valleys which host a diverse mix of woodland. You can walk to Mapperton from Lake Farm along marked routes or park at Mapperton village hall (donation box).
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Mapperton
Mapperton – A stunning series of gullies, hillocks, and hidden valleys which host a diverse mix of woodland. You can walk to Mapperton from Lake Farm along marked routes or park at Mapperton village hall (donation box).