The property is located on the lane made famous by breadmaker Hovis's 1973 'Boy on Bike' commercial. The cobbled street is actually called Gold Hill and curves through Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Shaftesbury FC thrashed New Milton Town 5-0 in a pre-season friendly at Cockrams ahead of their Emirates FA Cup tie.

The village of Cann, just 1.5 miles from Shaftesbury and about 20 miles from Salisbury, overlooks the National Trust’s Melbury Beacon and Compton Down, and is surrounded by the rural landscape of the ...

In 1973, British company, Hovis, produced the iconic 'Boy on the Bike' advert originally directed by Ridley Scott, which was filmed on Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset. It showed a young boy ...

As well as the jousting, there’s a host of countryside entertainment to enjoy including livestock parades, Shetland pony ...

Albert Tyler, who died in 1919, took the fantastic snaps of everyday life in Shaftesbury, Dorset. His images show women in bonnets shopping on a high street and children on the famous Hovis Hill.

The land, south of the A30 on the edge of Shaftesbury, is owned by North Dorset council whose councillors backed the move at a planning meeting. The authority has also secured government funding ...

A Dorset hotel has been included in a list of the UK's 'best value' stays. Travel experts at The Times put together a list of 33 of the best hotels that cost less than £150 a night. It picked out ...

Swimmers have taken a Boxing Day dip in a town lido, which is set to host more cold-water swimming sessions in 2024. Shaftesbury Town Council opened the lido for four weekends in November to ...

"Dorset Police received a report at 4.39am on Saturday, March 11 of a single vehicle collision on the A350 near to the Ivy Cross Roundabout in Shaftesbury," police said.

A sinkhole has opened up in the centre of a village road causing it to close. Dorset Police shut North End in Motcombe, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, after the large sinkhole was discovered on Tuesday.