Photo of Max Gate, a house & garden near Dorchester, Dorset, south west England. — © Marika Reinholds / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Max Gate

Open to visitorsa National Trust place — check opening times and admission before you go

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Max Gate in Dorset is in the care of the National Trust. The Albion Guide lists 13 National Trust places in the county; this is one of them. For more of the same, Kingston Maurward Gardens and Hardy's Cottage are close by. Dorchester South Station is 1.2 km away to the west.

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Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.

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National Landscape near Dorchester

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

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Photo along the Hardy Way, a 217-mile long-distance path running from Higher Bockhampton to Stinsford, south west England.

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Photo of Maiden Castle, a hillfort near Dorchester, Dorset, south west England.

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Europe's largest Iron Age hillfort, ramparts intact.

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Photo of the Purbeck Heritage Coast, Dorset, south west England.

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Heritage Coast near Wareham

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

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Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.

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Photo of Osmington White Horse, a hill figure in Dorset, south west England.

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