Wedding venues in Dorset Dorset is Thomas Hardy land and has a host of elegant wedding venues. Hold your wedding far from the madding crowd in a lovely county. Or the background to your wedding could be Lyme Regis, famous for its fossils and The French Lieutenants Woman. With a groom as dashing as Lawrence of Arabia, the bride will enjoy the most romantic wedding day. Many of these wedding venues are castles, country house, guildhall or manor house and can host rousing wedding receptions too. Tie the knot in style.