Dorset views voted among UK's best

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)

1. Snowdonia – view of Llyn Llydaw from Mount Snowdon summit
2. Scottish Highlands – view of Three Sisters mountains, Glencoe Valley
3. Stonehenge, Wiltshire 
4. St Ives Bay, Cornwall 
5. Cheddar Gorge, Somerset 
6. Loch Ness – view from Dores
7. Buttermere, Lake District 
8. Parliament and Big Ben - view from Westminster Bridge, London 
9. Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 
10. Loch Lomond – view from Conic Hill, Dunbartonshire 
11. Ben Nevis
12. Edinburgh from Arthur’s Seat 
13. Peak District – view from Stanage Edge, Derbyshire 
14. Brecon Beacons – view from the summit 
15. Durdle Door, Dorset 
16. Spires of Oxford 
17. Bamburgh Castle – view from the coast 
18. Seven Sisters, Sussex 
19. Bournemouth pier and beach 
20. Kings College – view from the River Cam, Cambridge