A selection of charming self-catering holiday cottages in the English county of Dorset, UK

<body> <p><strong>Self-catering accommodation to rent from Country Cottages Online, a directory of holiday homes from all over the UK</strong></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Great self-catering holidays 4 you in Dorset. Stay in a charming local self-catering cottage and enjoy the freedom of where you eat and when. It's the ideal 'get away from it all' place to be in Britain, with chalky downs, heathland, dense woods, and a rocky coastline. Thomas Hardy, the author of 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' was born here. Tel: Country Cottages Online ,01245 425718 for a brochure.</font> </p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Special Offer: Please see <a href="http://www.countrycottagesonline.com/Cottages.htm">http://www.countrycottagesonline.com/Cottages.htm</a> for details of our current special offer.  All types of holiday homes wanted, including traditional English Country Cottages, apartments, beach houses, farmstays, crofts and so on.</font></p> <p><strong><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Main Towns and places of interest in Dorset:</font></strong></p> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Abbotsbury, Alton pancras, Blandford Forum, Blandford St. Mary, Bournemouth, Bridport, Charmouth, Chideock, Chetnole, Christchurch, Corfe Castle, Cranborne, Dorchester, Ferndown, Gillingham, Holwell, Langton, Matravers, Lyme Regis, Parkstone, Poole, Portland, Preston, Rodden, Sandford, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, South Perrott, Southbourne-on-Sea, St. Ives, Sturminster Newton, Swanage, Shute, Stalbridge, Verwood, Wareham, Wet Bexington, Weymouth, Wimborne, Winterbourne Whitechurch, Worth Matravers, Wyke Regis, Yetminster, Isle of Portland, Isle of Purbeck.<br> <br> Beaches:<br> <br> Chesil Beach, Lulworth Cove,<br> <br> <b>Places to visit:<br> </b><br> Swannery, South west coast path, Dinosaurland, Weymouth sea life park, Prtland Castle, Tithe Barn Country Museum, Minterne Gardens, Hardy's Cottage Garden, Chaldon Down, Mill House Cider Museum, Tank Museum, Wareham Forest, Cranborne Chase, Worbarrow Bay, Kimmeridge Bay</font></p> <p> </p>  </body>