Garston Wood Nature Reserve

This ancient wood is at its best when its breathtaking carpets of bluebells, wood anemones and primroses are in bloom (mid-April to the end of May). Look for signs of badgers and fallow deer. There are common woodland birds in spring and turtle doves...

Gold Hill Museum and Garden

Local life and history are portrayed here through artifacts, costume, photos, ceramics, tools, domestic items and the town's first fire engine.
Marvel at the intricate Dorset buttons on display, and the "Byzant", a gold-coloured festival totem th...

Shaftesbury Abbey Museum and Garden

The story of the Abbey and its inhabitants has been vividly brought to life in a new, state-of-the-art museum.
The museum is decorated in dramatic medieval colours chosen to reflect the interior of the original Abbey church.
The museum houses ...