Dorset rowing, sea kayaking and powerboating. Dorset has a varied landscape featuring broad elevated chalk downs, steep limestone ridges and low-lying clay valleys. Over half the county is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Three-quarters of its coastline is part of the Jurassic Coast Natural World Heritage Site due to its geological and palaeontologic significance. It features notable landforms such as Lulworth Cove, the Isle of Portland, Chesil Beach and Durdle Door. Agriculture was traditionally the major industry of Dorset but is now in decline and tourism has become increasingly important to the economy. There are no motorways in
Dorset East and Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency) and South Dorset. The constituency replaced most of Wessex and parts of Hampshire West. It was itself replaced by much of Dorset and East Devon and parts of Itchen, Test and Avon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England and South East England constituencies in 1999. ! style="background-color: " | Dorset East and Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency) Dorset East and Hampshire West was a European Parliament constituency covering most of Dorset and parts of western Hampshire in England. Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post