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Dorset (/ ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t / DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire / ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t. ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DOR-sit-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west.
First created in 1958 (Hampshire) [2] and 1980 (Dorset), [3] the belt takes up 36,000 hectares (360 km 2; 140 sq mi), 0.3% of the total land area of England (2017). [4] [5] Much of this is within the Dorset unitary authority area, with smaller portions within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
To the north of the Dorset Downs is the Blackmore Vale, a relatively low-lying area of clays and limestones of Jurassic age. The south-east of the county forms part of the Hampshire Basin, an asymmetric syncline covered in sands and gravels of Paleogene age. The main rivers in the county are the Stour, Frome and Piddle.
The Church of England Diocese of Winchester was founded in 676AD and covers about two thirds of Hampshire and extends into Dorset. [94] Smaller parts of Hampshire are covered by the dioceses of Portsmouth, Guildford and Oxford. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth covers Hampshire as well as the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. [95]
The handful of additional tripoints that were formed by detached parts of counties are not listed in the table (e.g. Devon(detached)-Dorset-Somerset, Staffordshire-Shropshire(detached)-Worcestershire(detached)). The symbol (†) indicates that the original point still exists unchanged as a tripoint of the current ceremonial counties.
Hampshire (/ ˈ h æ m p ʃ ər /, /-ʃ ɪər / ⓘ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, Dorset to the west, and Wiltshire to the north-west. The city of Southampton is the largest ...
The BH postcode area, also known as the Bournemouth postcode area, [2] is a group of 26 postcode districts in southern England, within eleven post towns.These cover east Dorset (including Bournemouth, Poole, Broadstone, Christchurch, Ferndown, Swanage, Verwood, Wareham and Wimborne) and part of south-west Hampshire (including New Milton and Ringwood).
Geological map of Dorset Stratigraphic column. Dorset / ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t / (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi); it borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east.