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