Bristol Airport 1 hr 40
Win Green (14 min) Green hill on park land offering dog-friendly trails through bucolic terrain to scenic vistas. The Ancient Technology Centre (15 min) History and museum Priest's House Museum & Garden (20 min) 10 galleries on East Dorset archaeology, costume and more, including period rooms, plus a tea-room. Gold Hill Museum (21 min) Renovated, sandstone cottage and leafy garden housing local history exhibitions (March-November). Moors Valley Country Park & Forest (23 min) Treetop walkway and high ropes, narrow-gauge steam railway, cycling, orienteering and fishing. Hambledon Hill (23 min) Landmark 190-m. hill with ruins of an Iron Age fort & dog-friendly walking paths amid grassland. Rockbourne Roman Villa (25 min) Ancient Roman villa, bath house, living quarters and history from the Iron Age to the 5th-century. Hall and Woodhouse Brewery (14 min) Tours of brewery founded in 1777, detailing beer-making process, plus tastings and bar/restaurant. Badbury Rings (18 min) These circular ditches & ridges on a hilltop mark the former site of an Iron Age fort. National Trust - Kingston Lacy (22 min) Italian-style country manor with Egyptian artefacts, a notable art collection and a Japanese garden. Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park (20 min) Conservation center & attraction with rare-breed heavy horses, blacksmith displays & vintage trucks. Shaftesbury Abbey, Museum and Garden Trust (21 min) Abbey, garden, convent, and history St Giles House (15 min) Honeybrook (16 min) Go Ape Moors Valley (21 min) Adventure-activity chain venue where groups explore the forest canopy via a treetop rope course. |