![Chesil Beach from Portland Heights](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36cc8e_42d3f35ae0784a2397cc3e6bae2757b1~mv2_d_2750_3456_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1232,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/36cc8e_42d3f35ae0784a2397cc3e6bae2757b1~mv2_d_2750_3456_s_4_2.jpg)
Explore the Jurassic Coast World Heritage site, the history of quarrying and how the different stone has been used. See where the first dinosaurs were identified and find your own fossils
![Hardys statue, Dorchester](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36cc8e_e740ad1a6536456faefef0531c63f38f~mv2_d_1840_1931_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1028,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/36cc8e_e740ad1a6536456faefef0531c63f38f~mv2_d_1840_1931_s_2.jpg)
Tour Hardy's Wessex from Dorchester [Casterbridge] through to Salisbury [Melchester] and Oxford [Christminster]. Visit his birth place at Higher Bockhampton, grave and home at Max Gate, Dorchester. See his study recreated as he left it on his death in the County Museum.
![The Market Cross, Chichester](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36cc8e_b0705effb63447dca79447e844a7c514~mv2_d_4608_3456_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_735,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/36cc8e_b0705effb63447dca79447e844a7c514~mv2_d_4608_3456_s_4_2.jpg)
A guided tour of Chichester in West Sussex can include the cathedral, many interesting buildings and history from across the centuries in this attractive market centre and a visit to the spectacular Roman Palace at Fishborne.
![Chesil Beach from Portland Heights](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/36cc8e_42d3f35ae0784a2397cc3e6bae2757b1~mv2_d_2750_3456_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1232,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/36cc8e_42d3f35ae0784a2397cc3e6bae2757b1~mv2_d_2750_3456_s_4_2.jpg)
Explore the Jurassic Coast World Heritage site, the history of quarrying and how the different stone has been used. See where the first dinosaurs were identified and find your own fossils