Local Attractions

There is so much to see and do in Dorset.  Here are a few of our favourites:

 

 

 

EVENTS

 

The Great Dorset Steam Fair  (end of August/ beginning of September)

The Larmer Tree Festival  (July)  and Victorian Pleasure Gardens
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COAST AND BEACHES

 

Brownsea Island

Durlston Country Park

Studland (Beach and Nature Reserve)

Sandbanks

Candford Cliffs

Dorset's famous Jurassic Coast, including...

Swanage

Lulworth Cove

Ringstead

Weymouth

 

 

HOUSES, CASTLES AND NATIONAL TRUST

 

Kingston Lacey

Chettle House

Corfe Castle and Castle View Visitor Centre

Lulworth Castle and Park

Athelhampton House and Gardens

Clouds Hill

Hardy's Cottage

Sherborne Old Castle

Sherborne Castle and Lakeside Gardens

 

 

ADVENTURE AND ACTIVITY

 

Moors Valley Country Park  (Go Ape)

Gorcombe Extreme Sports

 

 

OTHER PLACES WE PARTICULARLY LIKE

 

Compton Abbas Airfield

Shaftesbury's Gold Hill

Badbury rings

Cerne Abbbas Village and Giant

Swanage Railway

Shillingstone Railway Station Project

Abbotsbury Swannery

Monkey World - Ape Rescue centre

Bovington Tank Museum

The Square and Compass pub in Worth Matravers