A "picture-book perfect" Dorset spot has been named as one of the UK's best inland small towns and villages. Corfe Castle was ranked as the third best in the UK, as part of an article from the ...

A PICTURESQUE Dorset village has been named as one of the most beautiful in the country, and it's not hard to see why, with cottage-lined streets and a famed ruined castle.

Prince Charles is to name the new pub in his model village Poundbury, Dorset, after the Duchess of Cornwall. The inn will sit in Queen Mother Square and will be the second public house on the estate.

Plans to expand the Prince of Wales' "model village" in Dorset were approved despite criticism, it has emerged. The almshouses block at Poundbury, near Dorchester, which will comprise flats, houses ...

TRAVELLERS who invaded Prince Charles’ model village departed yesterday – to the delight of residents. Up to 20 caravans were encamped on the Duchy of Cornwall- owned Great Field in Pou… ...

So far, Tim has discovered 120 model villages currently, or formerly, in existence – seven of these are in Dorset, with model villages in Wimborne and Corfe Castle still open to the public.

Tim Dunn is the author of Model Villages (Amberley, £8.99). To order P&P free in the UK, call the Express Bookshop on 01872 562310 or visit expressbookshop.co.uk ...

Notwithstanding occasional examples in Germany, Japan and the US, the model village — of which Bekonscot and Bourton-on-the-Water are the most significant examples — is a peculiarly English, ...

John Moorby (left) is one of the residents in Poundbury, Dorset, that has been fighting the Duchy since 2015 to try to get permission to replace his rotting window frames with more durable uPVC.

Residents are to help draw up plans that will shape the future of Prince Charles' model village in Dorset. People in Dorchester will submit their views on the type of buildings to be built in ...

TRAVELLERS who invaded Prince Charles’ model village departed yesterday – to the delight of residents. Up to 20 caravans were encamped on the Duchy of Cornwall- owned Great Field in Pou… ...