Dorset

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Dorset is a rural county on England’s south coast, known for its Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, rolling countryside, and historic market towns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
World Heritage Site
ceremonial county
natural harbour
non-metropolitan county
associatedWith Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
borders Devon
Hampshire
Somerset
Wiltshire NERFINISHED
contains Brownsea Island
Cerne Abbas Giant
Chesil Beach
Durdle Door
Golden Cap
Isle of Purbeck
Lulworth Cove
Maiden Castle
Poole Harbour
Portland
country England
hasCeremonialLordLieutenant Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
surface form: Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate
hasCoastOn English Channel
hasCountyTown Dorchester
hasFootballClub Bournemouth A.F.C.
surface form: AFC Bournemouth
hasGeology chalk downland
clay vales
limestone cliffs
hasHeritageRailway Swanage Railway
hasHighestPoint Lewesdon Hill
hasHighSheriff High Sheriff of Dorset
hasHistoricCountyStatus yes
hasHistoricFigure Mary Anning
T. E. Lawrence
Thomas Hardy
hasISO3166-2Code GB-DOR
hasLargestTown Bournemouth
hasMajorTown Blandford Forum
Bridport
Christchurch
Ferndown
Gillingham
Lyme Regis
Poole
Shaftesbury
Sherborne
Swanage
Verwood
Wareham NERFINISHED
Weymouth
Wimborne Minster
hasProtectedArea Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
hasRiver River Brit
River Frome
River Piddle
River Stour
hasTimeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
hasTraditionalIndustry agriculture
fishing
quarrying
tourism
hasTransport South West Main Line
surface form: South Western Main Line

Wessex Main Line
hasUniversity Arts University Bournemouth
Bournemouth University
hasVehicleRegistrationCode DOR
hasWorldHeritageSite Jurassic Coast
knownFor Jurassic Coast
historic market towns
rolling countryside
locatedIn Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
Dorset NERFINISHED
locatedOn south coast of England
partOf southwest England
surface form: South West England
sovereignState United Kingdom

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Diamond Pitt birthPlace Dorset
this entity surface form: Ceremonial county of Dorset
Hampshire borders Dorset
Somerset borders Dorset
A31 road connectsRegion Dorset
subject surface form: Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)
Mor Breizh hasCoastlineOn Dorset
subject surface form: Southwest England
subject surface form: Southern England
subject surface form: AFC Bournemouth
Blandford Forum locatedIn Dorset
Bournemouth locatedIn Dorset
Bryanston School locatedIn Dorset
Sherborne School locatedIn Dorset
Thomas Hardy placeOfBirth Dorset
subject surface form: Thomas Pitt
subject surface form: Basil Embry
this entity surface form: Dorset, England
Thomas Hardy placeOfDeath Dorset
subject surface form: Thomas Pitt
this entity surface form: Dorset, England
Martin Clunes residence Dorset
this entity surface form: Dorset, England
A31 road runsTo Dorset
A31 road terminusLocation Dorset
this entity surface form: Dorset, England