Bristol Airport 1 hr 23
The Tutankhamun Exhibition (18 min.)
replicas of tutankhamun s tomb its artefacts and mummies displayed with photos in an old church. Maiden Castle (25 min.)
expansive iron age hillfort with multiple ramparts built in the 1st century bc plus views & paths. Dorset Teddy Bear Museum (19 min.)
family-friendly attraction with antique and life-size teddy bears and a collector s room. Hardys Cottage (26 min.)
quaint cottage & birthplace of english author thomas hardy with a visitor centre and a garden. School Corner (2 min) Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens (30 min.)
18th-century garden with rare plants and notable magnolia and camellia blooms plus a restaurant. Max Gate (22 min.)
thomas hardy s former townhouse designed by him in 1885 with furnished rooms and a walled garden. Sherborne Old Castle (23 min.)
remains of a medieval castle with a well-preserved gatehouse & verdant grounds home to birdlife. Sherborne Abbey (24 min.)
abbey founded in 705ad and famed for its elizabethan tombs and its unique ornate vaulted ceiling. Mapperton House U0026 Gardens (12 min.)
garden Kingston Maurward Gardens U0026 Animal Park (25 min.)
garden and zoo Fleet Air Arm Museum (27 min.)
huge military and civilian airplane collection plus interactive aircraft carrier exhibit. Dorset County Museum (19 min.)
collections of iron age artifacts from maiden castle local fossils and thomas hardy s effects. Cerne Giant (15 min.)
mysterious club wielding naked male figure of indeterminable age cut into a chalk hillside. | 
