Activities
Bruton Bradstock beach has the Hive beach café, a Good National Trust car park next to the beach, safe swimming and good cliff walks. It's about 8 miles from the carriage.
West Bay is a fishing town harbour, with good fish and chips, also safe swimming and cliff walks. It's about 7 miles from the carriage.
Charmouth is good for Fossil hunting, safe swimming and the heritage centre, but is a little further off at 13 miles.
Eype is more of a pebble beach, with the parking at the top of the cliffs. It's quieter than others and about 8 miles from the carriage
Weymouth is a traditional sandy beach with all the classics: Punch and Judy, donkeys and swing boats. It's a bit further off at about 27 miles, but the Bus x53 from Bridport goes right to beach
Durdle Door is a slightly rougher, Jurassic coastal site, no facilities and a bit more rugged, 35 miles from the carriage.
Abbotsbury Children’s farm (Parking in village car park pay and display 10 minute walk to the farm), has an indoor play area and you can feed the animals, good for young children (up to about 10 yrs ). Church St., Abbotsbury, Dorset DT3 4JJ, UK. Farm is 17 miles or so from the carriage.
Swanage Railway - A day out on the steam train, Station House, Swanage, Dorset BH19 1HB
Pecorama - Trains, games and all sorts! Mare Lane, Beer, Seaton, Devon EX12 3NA
Beer Quarry Caves Quarry Lane, Beer, Devon EX12 3AT
Winetasting - Furleigh Farm Salwayash, Salwayash, Salway Ash, Dorset DT6 5JF
Mangerton Mill, Mangerton Lane, Mangerton, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3SG. 17th Century working water mill and Museum of Rural Bygones, set in peaceful rural valley on the river Manger. Trout fishing and riverside walk. Tea room, light lunches, cream teas, homemade fare and local crafts.
Lyme Regis Museum - Bridge Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QA. Home of Lyme's renowned fossilist Mary Anning, the building is packed with fascinating displays on Lyme's history,
The Dinosaur museum Dorchester, Icen Way, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1EW. The only museum on mainland Britain solely devoted to dinosaurs,
Tutankhamun Exhibition 25 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1UW
Terracotta Warrior Museum - Salisbury Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1JU
The Teddy Bear Museum, Dorchester - Exactly what it sounds like! Teddy Bears from 1906 until the present day, about 20 miles away
Rodwell Trail - 3.4 km walk/cycleway along the route of the disused Weymouth to Portland Railway. Great way to visit Weymouth
Horse riding - Sunnyside Farm, Cathole Bridge Road, Crewkerne, Somerset TA18 8PA
Walking with donkeys
Monkey world - See and experience many kinds of monkeys in the ape rescue centre
The Tank Museum - History of tanks from 1915 to present day
Dorset county museum - Dorchester
Dorchester Plaza, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1TT
Yeovil cineworld - Unit 1, Yeo Leisure Park, Old Station Way, Yeovil BA20 1NP
Electric Palace - 35 South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NY
Montacute house - Yeovil, Somerset TA15 6XP
Lytes Cary Manor - Near Charlton Mackrell, Somerton, Somerset TA11 7HU
Mapperton House - Mapperton, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3NR
Forde Abbey and Gardens - Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset TA20 4LU
Nothe Fort - Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UF
Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens - Buller's Way, Abbotsbury, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4LA
Abbotsbury Swannery - New Barn Road, Abbotsbury, Dorset DT3 4JG