Activity Search Results

Enjoy a nostalgic steam-train ride on the Purbeck line. Steam trains run every weekend throughout the year with daily running Apr to Oct.

• Type: Railway
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Swanage
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1929 425800

The story of Lyme and its ever changing landscape.

• Type: Museum
• Price: £2.50 - £3.00

• Place: Lyme Regis
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1297 443370

A 19thC warehouse on historic harbour wall, exhibits include live fish caught in local waters, nautical artefacts, local history photographs, boats and fishing gear.

• Type: Animal Collection
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Lyme Regis
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1297 444230

Rural pumping station supplying water to Weymouth for 150 years. Displays trace the history of water supply in the Dorset area.

• Type: Museum
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Sutton Poyntz
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1305 832634

Restored coach house. Static exhibits, facsimile of an underground quarry, exhibit hall. Social history exhibition. Audio visual presentation. Shop.

• Type: Museum
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Langton Matravers
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1929 423168

Emphasis on local material; history, nature, archaeology and geology. Period costume. Lace and lace making. Annual exhibitions.

• Type: Museum
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Budleigh Salterton
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1395 442666

Museum containing exhibits of local history and dinosaur footprints.

• Type: Museum
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Corfe Castle
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1929 480666

The only museum outside China exclusively dedicated to the amazing Terracotta Warriors. Unique museum replicas of the warriors, reconstructions of costumes and armour and multimedia presentations.

• Type: Museum
• Price: £5.50 - £5.75

• Place: Dorchester
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1305 266040

Archaeology, natural history, and geology of Dorset. Local and agricultural history displays. Gallery of Dorset's writers, including Thomas Hardy's study reconstruction. Up to 2 accompanied children go free, each additional child £1.

• Type: Museum
• Price: £6.00 - £6.50

• Place: Dorchester
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1305 262735

19thC heritage centre conserving and displaying local artefacts of all kinds. Conducted walks in Regency Sidmouth and describing the importance of the World Heritage Coast.

• Type: Museum
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Sidmouth
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1395 516139