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  • The Heist – Laserguys/Laser Tag

    Laser Tag, Langton Long, Blandford Forum, DT11 9HT Laser Tag, Langton long

    Finish summer holidays with a bang - join our outdoor laser tag heist! Two teams will attempt to pull off the most daring heist. Team with the biggest haul wins! […]

    £18

  • The Heist – Laserguys/Laser Tag

    Laser Tag, Langton Long, Blandford Forum, DT11 9HT Laser Tag, Langton long

    Finish summer holidays with a bang - join our outdoor laser tag heist! Two teams will attempt to pull off the most daring heist. Team with the biggest haul wins! […]

    £18

  • The Heist – Laserguys/Laser Tag

    Laser Tag, Langton Long, Blandford Forum, DT11 9HT Laser Tag, Langton long

    Finish summer holidays with a bang - join our outdoor laser tag heist! Two teams will attempt to pull off the most daring heist. Team with the biggest haul wins! […]

    £18

  • WIMBORNE MINSTER FLOWER FESTIVAL

    Wimborne Minster High St, Wimborne Minster,, Wimborne

    The first major Flower Festival to be held in Wimborne Minster for seven years will take place from Friday 2nd to Monday 5th September 2022. In recent times the Minster […]

    £5

  • Bees a-Swarmen!

    North Dorset Beekeepers Associa1on Bees a -Swarmen! Traditonal Music and Song With Tim Laycock and Colin Thompson A country garland of dance tunes and folksongs collected in Dorset, played on […]

    £12.00

  • Free Taster Lectures

    Interested in The Arts? This Spring, The Arts Society Blackmore Vale has some free taster places for its Thursday lectures: 5th May: Peggy Guggenheim 9th June: Georgia O'Keefe in New […]

    Free

  • b-side Festival

    St Georges Centre, Reforne, Easton Portland St Georges Centre, Reforne

    b-side is an internationally recognised and locally loved arts organisation that both embodies and enriches its place of origin – the Isle of Portland in Dorset. This year, b-side Festival […]

  • Queen Camel Tennis Club BIG TENNIS WEEKEND

    Queen Camel Tennis Club Green Lane, Yeovil

    Queen Camel Tennis Club will be holding a BIG TENNIS WEEKEND on Saturday & Sunday, the 10th/11th September with a packed programme of coaching, fun games and a chance to […]

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  • Roald Dahl Day!

    Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

    Celebrate Roald Dahl Day at Shaftesbury Library! Make your own Esio Trot!

    Free

  • Hatch House Garden Open and Clothes Sale in aid of Salisbury Hospice Charity

    Hatch House West Hatch, Tisbury, United Kingdom

    Salisbury Hospice Charity are delighted that Sir Henry and Lady Rumbold will once again host the hugely popular annual Garden Open at Hatch House on Saturday 10th September, from 11.30 am - 5 pm. Visitors can enjoy tea, cake and delicious refreshments, whilst admiring the glorious views across the Vale of Wardour, as well as […]

    £5

  • Hatch House Open Garden

    Hatch House West Hatch, Tisbury, United Kingdom

    Idyllic Hatch House in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside, by the kind permission of Sir Henry and Lady Rumbold, will once again hold its annual Open Garden on Saturday 10th September. This is a great event for all the family and a chance to see the 17th Century walled Dutch garden with amazing views […]

    £1

  • OPEN AFTERNOON with BLACKMORE VALE SCRIBES

    10TH SEPTEMBER, 2.30-4.30 at BRADFORD ABBAS VILLAGE HALL, near Sherborne. For our September meeting we invite you to join us, see us working on calligraphy projects and maybe have a […]

    Free

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