PR and Media Room

Welcome to the Visit Dorset Press and Media section, designed to help you find all the information you need to write or broadcast about Dorset.

We're here to help

We receive a significant number of media enquiries every year from journalists, pre-production crews, bloggers, vloggers, social media influencers, freelance writers, press and other media seeking support for their visit to Dorset.

We endeavour to assist as many press visits as we can who are looking to promote Dorset to a wide and varied audience.

Some of the help we provide includes; advice and information, bespoke itinerary planning, connections with partners and local businesses, facts and figures, discretionary media rates and images and footage of Dorset.

If we feel that the resulting press will have a positive impact on our organisation or Dorset as a whole, in some circumstances we may be able to assist you financially.

We are always happy to help when possible, so please get in touch, giving as much notice as you can, so that we can provide you with tailored support and guidance for your enquiry.

If you are a writer, journalist or blogger, please give us as much detail as you can, including your editorial brief, circulation, social media reach, date of visit and information about what type of assistance you are looking for.

Planning your visit

To be as helpful as possible, we have created suggested itineraries for press visits, as well as factsheets and ideas for written content features.  

We have produced an A-Z of locations within Dorset giving contact details for landowners, managing agents and press officers so that you can make direct contact with the correct people to gain permissions for filming (including the use of drones), photographs and press visits.

If you would like more information on a specific area in Dorset, our helpful online guides can be downloaded to use at your leisure, and will help plan your press trip to Dorset.

If your publication, blog, vlog or film is promoted through the use of social media, we kindly ask you tag our social media accounts and include the hashtag #visitdorset so we can share with our followers.

What’s new in 2018

For the latest events and up-coming news, see our 10 Great Reasons to Explore Dorset in 2018 blog for exciting media coverage opportunities.

If you are looking for the latest tourism news from Dorset, visit our industry news and press coverage pages.

We recently worked with VisitEngland to develop an itinerary for one of their ambassadors, Hayley from the popular blog ‘Frock Me I’m Famous’. Hayley spent a long weekend in early January exploring rural Dorset. Over the course of the weekend Hayley made regular social media posts and has recently published her blog about the weekend as well as a vlog report on YouTube.

Film and TV

Dorset has been the star of many famous film and TV productions, including ITV’s multiple BAFTA winning crime drama 'Broadchurch', Christopher Nolan’s 'Dunkirk' and the recent period drama 'On Chesil Beach'.

Film-makers, poets and writers have all been captivated and had their imaginations charged by the outstanding beauty of Dorset’s landscape and coastline and it’s easy to see why.

For filming enquiries please see our A-Z list of locations in Dorset with information about filming permissions, fees and permits. If you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.

Media Enquiries

If you would like assistance from one of our team, please email us at tourism@dorset.gov.uk or call 01305 838384 .