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Badbury Rings Pathway along the outer ring of the Badbury Rings, near Wimborne Minster, East Dorset, Dorset, Eng.

East Dorset

district, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: Wimborne
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East Dorset, district, administrative county of Dorset, southern England. It is located in the northeastern corner of the county directly north of the English Channel resorts of Bournemouth and Poole. The old parish (town) of Wimborne Minster is the administrative centre. Most of the district is part of the historic county of Dorset, but its easternmost section, including St. Leonards, is in the historic county of Hampshire. East Dorset district is a low-lying plain descending...

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