Recommended places to eat locally

Sailor’s Return, Chaldon Herring – www.sailorsreturnpub.com. Our local pub

The Wise Man, West Stafford – www.the-wiseman.co.uk.

Le Petit Vin, Wareham – www.lepetitvin.co.uk. Tapas, must book in advance

The Lulworth Cove inn, Lulworth cove – www.lulworth-coveinn.co.uk

The Weld Arms, East Lulworth – www.weldarms.co.uk

The Springhead, Sutton Poyntz – www.thespringhead.co.uk

The Boatshed Café, Lulworth Cove – www.lulwoth.com

The Castle Inn, Lulworth Cove – www.butcombe.com

The greyhound at Corfe castle - www.greyhoundCorfe.co.uk

The Bear, Wareham – www.thebearwareham.co.uk

The Priory, Wareham – www.theprioryhotel.co.uk

Crab House Café, Portland road – www.crabhousecafe.co.uk

Shell Bay restaurant, Studland – www.shellbay.net

The Pig on the Beach, Studland – www.thepighotel.com/on-the-beach/

The Salt Pig, Wareham

The Salt Pig too, Swanage

Rick Stein, Sandbanks

Lazy Jacks, Sandbanks

Knoll Beach Café, Studland

Chilled Red, Swanage – 01929 426066

Durlston Country Park café, Durlston Nature reserve

Oliveto, Weymouth

Al Molo (Fish), Dorchester

Catch at the Old Fish market, Weymouth

Hatch, the old fish market, Weymouth

Les Enfants Terribles, Weymouth

Rockfish Seafood Restauraunt, Weymouth

Crustacean, Weymouth

Shalims Indian Restaurant, Weymouth

Sea Beats, Weymouth – www.seabeats.co.uk

The Kings Arms, Dorchester

The square bistro, Poundbury - must book ahead

Fables and Food, Poundbury- cafe

Myra’s Kaiseki, Japanese, Dorchester

Smugglers Inn, Osmington

The Brace of Pheasants, Plush

The Thimble Inn, Piddle Valley

The New inn, Cerne abbas

Acorn inn, Evershot

Summer Lodge, Evershot

The Seaside Boarding house, Burton Bradstock

The Elm tree inn, Langton Herring

The Station Kitchen, West Bay

Soulshine, Bridport

Hive Beach Café, Burton Bradstock

Rise Café, West Bay

The Parlour Cafe and restaurant, Bredy Farm, Bridport

Olive Tree, Bridport

Dorshi, Bridport

Watch House Café – West Bay

The Club House, West Bexington

The Ollerod, Beaminster

Brassica Restauraunt, Beaminster

The Coach house café, Maperton

Moonfleet Manor, Fleet

The Oyster and Fish House, Lyme Regis

The Whole Hog, Lyme Regis

Clavells Restauraunt

The Square and Compass, Worth matravers

Halfway Inn, Norden, Corfe Castle

The Greyhound Inn, Corfe Castle

The Fox Inn, Corfe Castle

Bankes Arms, Corfe Castle

The Scott Arms, Kingston

The Kings Arms, Langton Matravers

The Cabin, Swanage

Chococo cafe, Swanage

Children

Kingston Maurward Gardens and Animal Park, Dorchester –

Monkey World, Wool

The Tank Museum, Bovington

Lodmoor Country Park

Dorset Snowsports Centre

Farmer Palmers Farm Park

Abbotsbury Swannery

Nothe Fort, Weymouth

Swanage Railway, Norden

Corfe Castle, Corfe Mullen

The Etches Fossil Museum, Kimmeridge

The Tutankhamun, Dorchester

Moreton Ford, Moreton

Walled Garden, moreton

Brownsea Island, Poole

Blue Pool, Wareham

Dorset Teddy Bear, Dorchester

The Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester

Doret Museum, Dorchester

Lyme Regus Fossil Beach

Kimmeridge Bay, Kimmeridge - rock pools

Sealife Centre, Weymouth

Moors Valley Country Park and forest

Xtreme Falconry, Lewell

Charmouth Beach, fossilhunting –

Splashdown, Poole

Leemur Landings, Poole

RNLI, Poole –

Paultons Park, enroute to Dorset –

The Keep Military museum, Dorchester

Odeon Cinema

Fantasy Island, Bowleaze

Wareham Boat Hire, Wareham

Weymouth Bay rib charters –

Portland Bill lighthouse

Portland sailing academy

RSPB Arne, Wareham

Coast

Swanage Beach, Sandy, Swanage

Ringstead Bay Beach, stone

Studland Bay, Sand

Bramble Bush Bay, sand

Shell Bay Beach, sand

Sandbanks Beach, sand

Worbarrow Bay, a bit of a walk for young children

Lulworth Cove, stone

Durdle door, a long hilly wal from the carpark, not recommended with young children

Bowleaze Cove, gravel

Weymouth Beach, sand

Castle Cove, Weymouth

Portland Beach Road, shingle

Church Ope Cove, lots of steps for children

Stair Hole, lulowrth

Dancing Ledge – long walk, not for children

Mupe Bay Beach, long walk

Chapmans Beach, long walk

Sightseeing

Durlston Country Park

Winspit quarry

RSPB Arne

Pulpit Rock, Portland

Portland Bill Lighthouse

Dorset Cruises, Wareham

Corfe Castle, Corfe Mullen

Lulworth Cove

Lulworth Castle

Swanage

Old Harry Rocks

Tyneham Village

Fossil Forest

Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens

Abbotsbury Swannery

Nothe Fort

Clouds Hill

Sandsfoot Castle

The Tank Museum

Tout Quarry

Athelhampton House and Gardens

Cerne Abbas Giant

Purbeck Safaris

Weymouth Harbour

Brownsea Island

Hardys Cottage

Hardy Monument

Jurassic Safari

Clavell Tower

Agglestone Rock

Sculpture by the lakes

Maiden Castle

Mudeford

Coast Experience

Kimmeridge Snorkel Trail

Fore Adventure, Studland

Dorset Coasteering

Lulworth Outdoors

Weymouth Bay RIB Charters

Land and Wave

Jurrasic Coast cruises

Snappers Charters

Meerkat Charters

Weymouth and Portland Sailing academy

Wareham Boat Hire

Wareham Boat Trips

Moonfleet Sailing

Amarisa Weymouth deep sea fishing

Eclipse fishing charters

Dorset adventure Park

Lyme bay Rib Charters

Swanage Boat Charters

Nauti Yacht Charters - quote Galton Farm

Pier head water sports - Swanage

Walks

RSPB Arne

Kimmeridge Bay

Isle Of Purbeck

Durlston

Dancing Ledge

Tadnoll Nature Reserve

Winfrith Heath

Jubulee Trail

Wareham Forest

Bovington Forest

Thorcombe Woods

Jurassic Coast Path

Cycling

Sika Trail

Puddletown Forest

Wareham Forest

Moors Valley Country Park

Lodmoor Country Park

North Dorset Trailway

Cycleexperience Bike Hire

Rempstone Forest

Aggleston Rock

Briantspuddle