This museum celebrates the rich and interesting history of this area of the world. Located at the very heart of the town, it features...

Each year visitors to the museum can view a selection taken from over 350 years of historical costume and accessories which are housed in a...

Visit the Royal Signals Museum in Dorset, interactive communications, science and technology, plus a unique series of exhibitions featuring Enigma, SOE, Long Range Desert Group...

Built in 1776, this corn mill underwent extensive repair in 1994. Although now too fragile to use, the original elm and apple wood machinery is...

Kingston Lacy House lies at the heart of the eight thousand five hundred acre Bankes Estate. Located a mile from Wimbourne Minster and nine miles...

Located close to the village of Sturminster Newton in the charming Dorset countryside, this medieval manor house is maintained by English Heritage. The structure...

This lively craft centre is housed in the buildings of a disused eighteenth Century water mill. The main shop features work by contemporary artists and...

Built in 1936, this traditional theatre has been renovated and retains many of its period features. In 1976 the theatre narrowly missed demolition when a...

This town house dating from the sixteenth Century is a grade II listed building. The museum features several period rooms, including a Victorian kitchen and...

Built to 1/10th scale, this model town shows Wimborne much as it looked in the 1950s. Incredible attention to detail gives a fascinating insight into...

Dedicated to Saint Cuthburga, much of this imposing Norman church dates between 1120 and 1180. The Minster is still very much a parish church but...

Fun day out designed for children 8 years and under. Supervised hands on feeding events, meet the animals, bouncy castles, pedal tractors, straw mountain with...

This small museum is housed in a converted Victorian chapel at the heart of the community. The collection contains a variety of objects, photographs...

This small, mainly Norman building makes for an intriguing spectacle as it sits within the well preserved bank and ditch of a Neolithic henge, built...

This Iron Age hill fort can be found on the B3082, just outside Wimborne. Managed by the National Trust, the site consists of several banks...

This 140 foot high folly was built by Humphrey Sturt in the eighteenth century. The story goes that he used it in his later years...

Located at the top of Gold Hill, Shaftesbury Town Museum is an interesting attraction for those looking to discover more about the town, its history...

King Alfred the Great founded Shaftesbury Abbey as a Benedictine nunnery in 880AD. It stood for many hundreds of years as one of the...

Located on the site of an eighteenth century farm, the original buildings have been converted into 18 attractive craft units, a function suite and tearooms....

One dawn, in the bitter February of 1834, six Tolpuddle farm labourers were arrested after forming a trade union. A frightened squire’s trumped up...