Crown Hotel
Blandford Forum
beautifully restored Georgian coaching inn, said to be Dorset's oldest inn, featuring stylish rooms and a large patio overloking water meadows
The Museum Inn
Farnham
17th-century inn, retains flagstone floors, roaring fires and cosy alcoves, set in a picture-postcard village surrounded by Cranborne Chase scenery
The King John Inn
Tollard Royal
elegant country bedrooms or a suite, provided with thoughtful high end extras, add to the pleasure of eating in the fine field to fork restaurant
The Fontmell
Fontmell Magna
set over a babbling brook, it flows between the eclectically furnished bar and the library-themed restaurant, a comfy inn with stylish guest rooms
Rose & Crown
Lytchett Matravers
after a recent update, this friendly village inn now offers contempory rooms and an informal restaurant that serves tasty, classic pub dishes
Greyhound Inn
Winterborne Kingston
tasty Mediterranean and British food can be enjoyed in this traditional village inn which also offers elegant refurbished rooms and suites
The Charlton Inn
Charlton Marshall
a traditional English pub with an extended garden and serving a choice of local ales
King's Head Hotel
Wimborne Minster
an elegant, traditional market-town pub, offering good value dining and spacious, airy rooms