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Places to stay when exploring Hardy country.

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Here is a varied selection of local places to stay that I can personally recommend. Each is personally managed by the owners who will give you a warm welcome.

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Voted one Of the top 20 B&B in the UK by the Observer newspaper March 26 2000.

Yalbury Cottage Hotel and Restaurant
Lower Bockhampton, Dorset.
Seventeenth-century thatched cottage offering excellent food and comfortable accommodation.
It was originally the home ofthe local shepherd and keeper of the water meadows. There are attractive gardens, where teas and pre-dinner drinks are served in the summer. The restaurant - which has two AA rosettes - has an atmosphere enhanced by oak beams and inglenook fireplaces. The spacious cottage-style bedrooms have en suite bathrooms, remote control television sets, hairdryers and tea and coffee-making equipment. Ample parking is provided. Eight rooms. Double room £78 per night, single £51. No smoking in bedrooms.
Lower Bockhampton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8PZ. Tel: 0 1305 262382, fax 0 1 305 266412.
E-mail: yalbury.cottage@virgin.net

	Greenwood Grange Farm Cottages Higher Bockhampton Greenwood Grange luxury cottages are situated on the edge of Thornecombe wood about a quarter of a mile from Hardy's cottage and two miles from the town of Dorchester. Phone/fax 01305 268874 Or e-mail greenwood.grange@ukonline.co.uk
	The Marquis of Lorne Nettlecombe A very nice country pub nestling in unspoilt hills near Bridport about 15 miles from Dorchester. Fine food and B&B if required. Highly recomended for a taste of Dorset as it used to be. Phone 01308 485236 Fax 01308 485666
	The Frampton Arms, Morton. Conveniently situated about 2 miles from Dorchester 50 yards from the main line railway station to London. Dorchester station is the next down the line so you can stay in the country yet be convenient for town. Good food and B&B, there is a caravan site next door, leave your car and van behind and visit Dorchester by train. Phone 01305 852253 Fax 01305 854586

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