A civic society for the traditional Isle of Purbeck, first founded in 1852
Earlier this year the Society was approached by Purbeck Art Weeks with a request to assist with funding a trip for children from Swanage, St Mary’s, St George’s and Corfe Castle Primary schools who they were taking to visit the Mary Rose Museum on Wednesday April 5th. 84 children were due to go, and the … Read more
The first one is next Friday, 15th September – details here – and full details of the programme are viewable under the Events tab.
This has been CANCELLED – unfortunately the centre have contacted us to say they’ve had to cancel all weekend visits for the time being due to staff shortages, so this event will not now be going ahead. We hope to rearrange this visit when the centre are able to take us, but in the meantime … Read more
Tomorrow’s visit to Ourganics has been postponed – it is mostly an outdoor event and the weather forecast is pretty grim ! It will be rearranged – if you need further information, please contact Karen on 01929 425049. Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
A new leaflet has been produced with more detail on the campaign: Dorset National Park March 2017 They have also updated their website: http://www.dorsetnationalpark.com/
Full details here: March meeting
The AGM of the Dorset branch of the CPRE takes place in Wareham Parish Hall on Wednesday 12th April from 7pm – full details below: CPRE AGM 12th April 2017
In January and February, only the ground floor space in the house is open for an exhibition, Rediscovering Kingston Lacy. The exhibition will display maps and surveys of the estate from the Bankes Archive. This is the first time these articles will be on display in the house. Details of opening times etc. are on … Read more
Message from Dorset History Centre – We are encouraging all users (and non-users) of Dorset History Centre (DHC) to complete this online survey. It should not take very much of your time and will provide us with invaluable help in gauging the views of those who use, or potentially might use DHC. It is really … Read more