WED 4 VOLUNTEERS CONSERVATION TASK – LORTON MEADOWS NR(Free),10am – 3pm. Join us for a day of practical work on site, to restore the habitats important for local wildlife, with the Community Conservation Officer. Tools, gloves & drinks supplied. No experience necessary, please bring a packed lunch. For further information, please...
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A fabulously playful outdoor performance is rolling into Dorset for its premiere during May half term. This very special FREE event for the under 5’s and their families bounces into life with an acrobatic show by three circus performers, led by award winning children’s theatre director Nikki McCretton. ...
Nizlopi are not the only act at this year’s Purbeck Folk Festival to have had a number one record, but they’re the only ones to have opened for Christina Aguilera, Jamie Cullum and Damien Dempsey, to have Ed Sheeran open for them and to have joined Billy Bragg on...
At Athelhampton we love rainy days, why not pop in and find out why! Our rainy day admission ticket is in full flow, allowing you to visit us today but to also pop back once again when the house and gardens are in full blossom free of charge! We...
2014 marks an important year for military anniversaries. The 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One, the 75th of the outbreak of World War Two, the 70th of the D-Day landings in Normandy and the 70th anniversary of Operation Market Garden in Holland all happen within a...
Cecil Sharp collected hundreds of folksongs from working people in Somerset at the beginning of the twentieth century, and inspired many other musicians and collectors to do the same in other parts of the country, including Ralph Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger. Brothers Henry and Robert Hammond were inspired...
Dear All Some of you may be aware that I have been working/training on a big challenge to raise money for The Dorset Youth Association of which I am proud to be a trustee. The time has now come for me to put my sanity to the test with...
Idlewild are to play their only mainland UK festival date at Purbeck Folk Festival in August. The Scottish band released their last album Post Electric Blues in 2009 and since then frontman Roddy Woomble has released two solo albums, while guitarist Rod Jones has released material under his own...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) has some egg-citing events for children to get their teeth into this Easter, with a jam-packed programme of wildlife-themed activities for all ages at our Lorton, Kingcombe, Chesil and Kimmeridge visitor centres in Dorset. From 10-3pm on Easter Sunday (20th April), join the Epic Easter...
