{"id":31548,"date":"2018-03-30T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lymebayholidays.co.uk\/?p=31548"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:14:56","slug":"ten-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-dorset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lymebayholidays.co.uk\/blog\/ten-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-dorset\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Things You (Probably!) Didn\u2019t Know about Dorset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lymebayholidays.co.uk\/\">Lyme Bay Holidays<\/a>, we\u2019re proud to be from Dorset. It\u2019s our home and where we\u2019re delighted to welcome tens of thousands of people every single year for amazing, unforgettable cottage holidays.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s that passion for our local area which gets us up in the morning and why so many people love the service we give.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, we\u2019ve dispensed countless little bits of local wisdom and wit, but there\u2019s plenty yet to tell. It\u2019s for that reason that we\u2019ve decided to draw up this; a list of ten things that you <em>probably <\/em>don\u2019t know about Dorset. Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n<p>Dorset\u2019s Jurassic Coast was the first natural site in the UK to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lymebayholidays.co.uk\/blog\/dorset-news\/dorsets-world-heritage-coast\">awarded UNESCO World Heritage status<\/a>, indicating an area of extreme historical interest thanks to the spectacular array of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lymebayholidays.co.uk\/blog\/dorset-news\/fossil-hunting-along-the-jurassic-coast\">prehistoric fossils still found<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poole Harbour is pretty huge, but how big is it? Well, behind Sydney, it\u2019s the largest natural harbour in the world and was formed during the ice age when a valley was filled by a rising sea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many of Enid Blyton\u2019s \u2018Famous Five\u2019 books are said to be set around the Isle of Purbeck and Poole Harbour. Blyton spent many years enjoying Purbeck Golf Club, which she bought for \u00a31 and used to holiday at.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dorset has given birth to countless legendary British figures, including Thomas Hardy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lymebayholidays.co.uk\/blog\/lyme-bay-news\/lyme-regis-jane-austen-connection\">Jane Austen<\/a>, Beatrix Potter, Mary Anning, Enid Blyton, William Barnes, Sir Walter Raleigh and more! Perhaps it\u2019s something in the water?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dorset is home to the oldest post box in England! It\u2019s in Bishops Caundle and dates from 1853. Why not swing down and send off a postcard?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The original Celtic name for Dorset was \u2018Dorseteschire\u2019, which means \u201cthe place of fisticuffs\u201d! Clearly, once upon a time, you were likely to get into a scrap in dear, beautiful Dorset. That\u2019s not quite the case these days, of course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Like your food hot? The Dorset Naga chili is said to be the hottest in the world, with an average score of 923,000 Scoville Heat Units. For comparison, your common Jalapeno chili tops out at just 8,000 Scoville\u2019s. Given that gloves have to be worn in the handling of it, we can\u2019t advise that you dig in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The tongue twister \u201cShe sells sea shells by the sea shore\u201d was inspired by a Dorset woman who opened Britain\u2019s first fossil shop in 1826, selling the fossils her and her family found on the beach in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lymebayholidays.co.uk\/\">Lyme Regis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anyone for a game of Trivial Pursuit? 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