Dorset views voted among UK's best
11 April 2017
Dorset has its fair share of spectacular views and now Durdle Door and Bournemouth's Pier and Beach have been named as two of the UK's top 20 views in a study conducted by Samsung, placed 15th and 19th respectively.
The county certainly offers rich pickings for photographers, as this image of Durdle Door from Dorset photographer Chris Jones demonstrates.
Here's the full list, please comment below and let us know your favourite Dorset views.
Top 20 UK Views
(According to Samsung study of over 2,500 participants)
- Snowdonia – view of Llyn Llydaw from Mount Snowdon summit
- Scottish Highlands – view of Three Sisters mountains, Glencoe Valley
- Stonehenge, Wiltshire
- St Ives Bay, Cornwall
- Cheddar Gorge, Somerset
- Loch Ness – view from Dores
- Buttermere, Lake District
- Parliament and Big Ben - view from Westminster Bridge, London
- Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Loch Lomond – view from Conic Hill, Dunbartonshire
- Ben Nevis
- Edinburgh from Arthur’s Seat
- Peak District – view from Stanage Edge, Derbyshire
- Brecon Beacons – view from the summit
- Durdle Door, Dorset
- Spires of Oxford
- Bamburgh Castle – view from the coast
- Seven Sisters, Sussex
- Bournemouth pier and beach
- Kings College – view from the River Cam, Cambridge
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