- Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, on the south bank of the River Frome,
- founded by the Romans, as Dvrnovaria, and now the seat of Dorset Council.
- The town is served by the South Western Main Line railway leading to Yeovil from
- London Paddington via Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
- Dorchester's ring road, takes road traffic from Puddletown on the A35 trunk road from the
- north east, skirts the east of the town at West Stafford, where the A352 takes traffic
- south east to Broadmayne, the A354 to Weymouth south, the A35 west to Bridport,
- then at Charminster north of the town, the A37 leads north west to
- Yeovil, after leaving the county at Melbury Osmond.
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