Local Services
Shops
The nearest shop is in Winterbourne Abbas, about 3 miles where there is a garage and you can buy basics along with papers.
Mini Waitrose - Poundbury. Very convenient as our end of town, and excellent for small/emergency shopping.
Dorchester is 10 minutes away and has both a Tesco and Waitrose. Both now do a home delivery service, our postcode for this is DT2 9DZ. Waitrose have a minimum order of £50.
www.tesco.com
www.waitrose.com
Dorchester Tourism Office:
Tel: 01305 267992
Doctors:
Cornwall Road Surgery.
Tel: 01305 251128
Hospital:
West Dorset Hospital in Dorchester has an A & E Department and is about 10 minutes from Dove House.
Vets:
Southfield Veterinary Centre is our farm vets, in Dorchester.
Tel: 01305 262913
Dentist:
Urgent Dental Service for Dorset.
Tel: 0845 7010401
Taxis:
alinetaxi.com
Tel: 01305 264747 Based in Dorchester they offer 4-8 seaters so good for larger groups.
Flowers: STEMS in Dorchester
Beautiful flowers that can be delivered to Dove House for you.https://stemsfloristdorchester.com
Local Foods of All Kinds:
See Local Produce page.
Trains:
From London Waterloo to Dorchester South and from Bristol to Dorchester West.
www.nationalrail.co.uk
Airports:
Exeter Airport is about 1.25 hours away
Bournemouth Airport is 1 hr away
Bristol Airport is about 2 hrs away.
Bike Hire:
Dorchester Cycles.
Tel: 01305 268787
Tilley’s Ltd. For delivered bikes: Tilley’s Ltd will deliver to Dove House and Swallows which is very helpful.
Tel: 01305 785672. email: [email protected] . As much notice as possible to ensure your requirements being met.!
