Recreational Facilities
Cycle Hire
On Yer Bike 88 Charminster Rd Bournemouth – 01202 315855
Moors Valley Country Park
Pedalling for Pleasure – Derek O’Connor – 01202 232437 mob 07855 809087 (see later info)
Nearest Beach with Easy Child-friendly Access
Poole – Sandbanks – good amenities
Also Bournemouth – Alum Chine – good amenities
Christchurch, Isle of Purbeck with Studland etc.
Nearest Swimming Pool
Queen Elizabeth’s Leisure Centre, Wimborne – 01202 888208
Blandford Leisure Centre, Blandford school – 01258 455566
Splashdown Water Park, Tower Park, Poole – 01202 716123
Nearest Cinema
Tivoli in Wimborne (small local cinema refurbished Art Deco – great!!!) – 01202 848014
Tower Park Empire – Poole – 08 714714 714.
Salisbury Odeon – 0871 22 44 007
Bournemouth IMAX – 01202 200000
Bournemouth Odeon – 0871 2244007
Footpaths of Interest
Badbury Rings Iron Age Hill Fort – Wimborne
Ashmore
Long Crichel
Wimborne St Giles
Eyebridge – Pamphill/Cowgrove outskirts Wimborne
Favourite Walks Nearby
Pamphill, Witchampton, Cranborne
Delightful ancient bluebell wood within 5 minutes.
Park
Verwood
Moors Valley Country Park 01425 480811
Avon Heath Country Park, St Leonards 01425 478470
Golf, Fishing and Horse Riding facilities abound in the area so we have not listed them here.
Surfing
Surfing beach in Boscombe, Bournemouth
Sailing
Poole Harbour
Boat Trips
Poole Harbour from Poole Quay
Dreamboats Wimborne – 01202 886116
mobile – 07890 512639
Churches
Wimborne Minster
Salisbury Cathedral
Horton
Wimborne St Giles
Blandford
Knowlton – remains of
Methodist – Woodlands or Holtwood
Catholic – Wimborne or Blandford
Thrill Seekers
Go Ape – high ropes course at Moors Valley Country Park – 01425 480811
Wessex Raceway – Go Karting – 01725 519599
Paint Balling – Gorcombe Farm Blandford – 01258 452219 / 0845 6441198
Family Activities
Fired Art – paint your own pottery 01202 747788
Adventure Wonderland – 01202 483444
Honeybrook Farm & Country Park – 01202 881120
Dorset Heavy Horse Centre, Edmonsham Nr Verwood – 01202 824040
Tank Museum Bovington – 01929 405096
Wimborne Minster Model Town – 01202 881924
Monkey World – 01929 462537
Recommended Visitor Attractions
Special Days Out
Corfe castle
Lyme Regis
Brownsea Island
Lulworth cove and castle
Stourhead – 18th C landscape garden & Palladian mansion NT 01747 841152 – numerous children’ events
Houses and Gardens of Interest
Kingston Lacy NT House & Garden
Cranborne Manor
Edmondsham House
Priests House Museum & Garden (Wimborne) – 01202 882533
Exbury Gardens – Rhododendrons & Camellias 023 8089 1203
Beaulieu Motor Museum Nr Hythe Hants 01590 612345
Heale Garden – 01722 782504
Wilton House – 01722 746720
Salisbury Cathedral – 01722 555 113
Mompesson House NT The Close Salisbury – feautured in Sense & Sensibility – 01722420980
Larmer Tree Gardens – 01725 516228
Upton Country Park – 01202 672625
Abbotsbury Swannery – 01305 871130
Historic Sites
Horton Tower – ancient 18th C folly, & now award winning collaboration with Vodafone as a phone mast. Featured in the film “Far from the Madding Crowd” where there was a cock fight at the base.
Gold Hill Shaftesbury (featured in the Hovis Ad)
Higher Bockhampton & Max Gate – Thomas Hardy – nr Dorchester
Badbury Rings – Iron Age Hill Fort
Salisbury Cathedral – 01722 555 113
Local Events
MAY – Blandford Georgian Fair
JUNE – Wimborne Folk Festival
Dorset Art Weeks (2 weeks!)
SEPTEMBER – Great Dorset Steam Fair
Feast of Dorset, Wimborne
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