A talk from Dan Bosence, Professor Carbonate Sedimentology at Royal Holloway University of London, who has been working for the past few years with Swanage Divers on unusual geological features found underwater along the Southern coast of Purbeck. Dan and some of the divers involved will give a presentation on their findings and ongoing research. ... Read more

Local couple Joe and Kate Shepherd are owners, managers and farmers of the orchards and the thriving Dorset Cider Company. After years of developing their highly regarded cider, they opened their farm shop next to the orchards in 2021. Society members and friends are invited to come to the farm for a guided tour, see ... Read more

With apologies for the late notice, this event has had to be postponed and will now probably take place in early Autumn. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.  

Purbeck Society members are invited to Suttles Swanworth quarry near Worth Matravers at 2pm on Wednesday 27th July. John Suttle has invited us to the quarry and writes: The tour is around the quarry and restored areas, with discussion and informal Q&A on: the history of the quarry, extraction, waste management, de-carbonisation of our processes, ... Read more

Since the castle was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1982, archaeologists have made some surprising discoveries. Apart from cannon balls there was a mysterious set of deer bones, several garderobes, the remains of an 18th century building featured in a JMW Turner painting of 1793 and a settlement crack in the keep !  We’ll ... Read more

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we are unable to offer our previously advertisd talk by Award winning photographer Maria Munn this Friday. Fortunately we have arranged for local artist, author and Illustrator Tony Kerins to give a presentation about his work based in Purbeck. We thank Tony for being able to do so at such ... Read more

A talk by local art historian Robert Field about 19th century artist William Joy, his work, and use of local Swanage residents as models in his nationally renowned and popular paintings. Free to members, non-members £3

Likely to be Mowlem Show bar for refreshments - to be confirmed as soon as possible. Full details to follow.

In addition to our usual AGM business, our Chair, Peter Bowyer, will talk about the CPRE.