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Subject Topic: Hidden Gems in Dorset
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Personpurplebean
24/4/2015 at 12:06pm
 Location: West Yorkshire
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If you are at Charmouth places like Corfe and Swanage are quite a drive. We stayed at Corfe and drove to Charmouth two years ago. last year we went to the C&CC site at Moreton as it is a bit more central for visiting east and west dorset


Personfirefly0748
24/4/2015 at 12:28pm
 Location: West Yorkshire
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Thanks Purplebean. We don't mind a longer drive on two or three days. It's a long way from home anyway (as you will know being a fellow West Yorkshirian!!) so we are willing to go a bit further to explore the area if there is something worth seeing.

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Personhollybabes
24/4/2015 at 4:42pm
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Now you are about two years too early me thinks as they are trying to build a huge JUrassica on the Portland bill in a quarry with 16 million pounds of lottery money. That will be fantastic. Go to Shell bay and look for fossils, walk to old Harry rocks. pushchairs Ok to there. Go on the swanage steam railway, and on the chain ferry across Sandbanks harbour. Lovely childrens playgrounds around Poole

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PersonFrazzle-
24/4/2015 at 6:15pm
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Boscombe near Bournemouth. Has a lovely pier with musical instruments on it to be played by anyone. Beach is nice and sandy too. Parked in the town in residential roads and walked down (steeply down hill) through Boscombe Gardens (or park)and there in a play park with water pumps for children to channel water, pump it and play with new friends they met less than 1 minute ago! Mine at 9,7 and 3 really enjoyed it.


Personjeffersskate
14/5/2015 at 9:55pm
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we went to dorset last year with our (then) 8, 6, 3 and 1 year old. We went to some brilliant places: the tank museum, Kingston lacy (national trust), the keep military museum (free), and montacute house (again national trust):) all brilliant :)

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Personpurplebean
15/5/2015 at 11:45am
 Location: West Yorkshire
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The Keep in Dorchester is not free, we went last year and definitely had to pay


Personjeffersskate
15/5/2015 at 8:22pm
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:/ we didn't pay - just a donation - although hubby is forces so maybe that's why? maybe we snuck in haha

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august 2015: tollgate farm 5 nights
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Personthe black fox
16/5/2015 at 12:03am
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west bay is the place to go ,think ,reggie perrin ,harbour lights and now broadchurch .
   lovely old harbour but like anywhere doon sarf these days take lots of pound coins for rip off parking fees


PersonMrs E
05/6/2015 at 1:47pm
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I know it's not strictly Dorset but what about the Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth? We've stayed at Charmouth (Seadown campsite) and travelled to the Donkey Sanctuary from there.

Admission is free but they invite you to make a donation

http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/visit-us/sidmouth



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February: Broadstone Park, Coleford
March: Bucklegrove, Rodney Stoke
Easter: Llandrindod Wells, Powys
May: Carmarthenshire
July: Dorset Volksfest + Wilksworth
August: Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza
August BH: TBC
September: Undecided
October: Bull Bay, Anglesey


PersonAndyR1969
07/6/2015 at 7:39pm
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Don't miss Brownsea Island


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PersonVectratot
27/6/2015 at 8:09pm
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Just returned home yesterday at 7.30pm after 18 nights at CC site at Moreton, kids would love Monkey World.



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