Brewery Square in Dorchester is encouraging people to Walk for Weldmar on Sunday April 23, to help raise funds for Weldmar Hospicecare. The 7km walk starts at 10am from Anytime Fitness in Brewery Square. Participants will walk to Maiden Castle and then continue back to Simon’s Delicatessen in Brewery...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is celebrating the return of its popular live webcam, as two barn owls have taken up residence and are sitting on four eggs, being watched by viewers from all over the globe 24 hours a day. The webcam is sponsored by Dorset Tea. The...
ROPED IN - Yarns from Bridport's Past Story Traders have been inspired by Bridport Museum’s archived photographs to write and perform tales based on the town’s rope industry. Images from 1880’s to 1950 set the scene for the story telling.All characters in this performance are fictitious and any resemblance...
Residents and visitors can visitor the new Dorchester Tourist Information Centre (TIC), now located on the ground floor of Dorchester Library & Learning Centre.The ground floor of the library has been refurbished to include the West Dorset District Council-run TIC service alongside Dorset County Council’s library team and Skills...
Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is launching a campaign over the Easter holidays to encourage local people and visitors to enjoy crabbing, the eco-way. Using hooks, mistreating crabs and littering whilst crabbing is a serious problem but could be avoided with DWT’s 5 key guidelines. The guidelines are: 1. Use bait...
Your Labour county council candidate - fighting for you. With a privileged upbringing yet a tough young adulthood, Richard has seen the best and worst of life. From champagne and caviare on a boutique cruise ship in the Caribbean to a life on benefits and homelessness, Richard has tasted...
Dorset based artist, Phyllis Wolff, has kindly donated an oil painting to Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) which will be auctioned online on Monday 3rd April 2017 for 2 weeks. The proceeds from the auction will go straight back into wildlife conservation work in Dorset. Phyllis was inspired to donate a...
Holly Aiken had always dreamed of owning her own business, and in 1997 after lots of hard work, Holly’s dream came true when she opened House of Health and Beauty in Dorchester. Holly Aiken, Owner of House of Health and Beauty said “My inspiration has always been my lovely...
SAT 1 MINI MEADOWS AT LORTON, 10am – 4pm. Create your own mini meadow, sow seeds to take home, for your own mini habitat (£2/meadow, available all day). Plus, the Centre is open for visitors, follow a self-guided trail, drop in for a hot drink, watch the birds on screen, &...
From 6pm on Saturday 8th April at the WI Hall, How Can Bridport Feed Itself? will reveal headline findings of some new research into the current value of Bridport's local food economy. Given the implications of the UK leaving the EU, and continuing threats to our food system from...
