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The Chapel is perfectly positioned for groups wishing to visit this remarkably beautiful area which is famous for its extensive network of paths.
Many excellent walks start within 20 metres of the Chapel. Pathfinder maps are provided in the Chapel and a larger scale map to find other attractions.
Close to the seaside resorts of Weymouth, West Bay and Lyme Regis. Fossil hunters will love the cliffs at Seatown, Charmouth and Kimmeridge.
Only 25 minutes from the 2012 Olympic Sailing Village at Portland.
Countless justifiably famous restaurants, pubs, open gardens, historical houses and towns,
Masses of local food producers and farmers markets.
Activities include llama walking, sea fishing, scuba diving, sailing and most watersports and the largest Zorbing site in the UK.
OTHER PLACES TO VISIT within a thirty mile radius
- Lower Bockhampton - Hardy's Cottage, Thornecombe Woods Nature Trails
- Puddletown - Athelhampton House & Gardens, Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum
- Cerne Abbas - Cerne Giant, Abbey ruins
- Milton Abbas - village & school
- Blandford Forum - book & antique shops
- Yeovil - Fleet Air Arm Museum
- Longleat - Country House & Zoological Park
- Stourhead - Country House & Gardens
- Sherborne - Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne Old Castle, Sherborne New Castle
- Shaftesbury - Art & Craft Shops
- Wool - Monkey World, Tank Museum
- Wimborne - Wimborne Minster
- Poole - Poole Quay, Lighthouse Theatre, Brownsea Island, Studland Bay, 'Splash down' swimming pool complex.
- Charmouth - Fossil museum
- Lyme Regis - Cob, undercliff walk, antique shops
- Honiton - antique shops
SPORTS:
- GOLF: Weymouth, Dorchester, West Bay
- FISHING: Weymouth, Poole, West Bay
- BOAT TRIPS: Weymouth, Poole, West Bay
- SWIMMING : Weymouth, Studland Bay, Portland, Burton Bradstock
- SWIMMING POOLS/Leisure Centres: Weymouth, Bridport, Dorchester, Poole
- DIVING: Portland
- SAILING: Weymouth, Portland, Poole
- SKATE-BOARDING/BMX RIDING: Weymouth, Bridport (indoor)
- BIKE HIRE - Dorchester, Weymouth
NATURE RESERVES:
- Kingcombe - Kingcombe Centre
- Thornecombe - Lower Bockhampton
- Weymouth - Radipole Lake
- Puddletown - Puddletown Forest
MARKETS:
- Bridport; every Wednesday and Saturday, farmers market 2nd Saturday of the month
- Weymouth, every Thursday,
- Dorchester; every Wednesday, farmers market 1st Saturday of the month
THEATRES:
ARTS CENTRES:
NIGHT CLUBS:
- Dorchester, Weymouth, Poole
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