Half-term activity ideas in Dorset

Now that September’s drawing to a close, what better time to think about planning a half-term break and activities for your family? Here’s a small selection of some of the fun events and activities in Dorset to keep your family happy and busy over autumn half-term:

• There’s a week of family fun planned at Swanage Railway, with regular steam and diesel train services through spectacular scenery, brake van rides at Swanage, colourful face painting at Corfe Castle and lots of on-train entertainment.
• Adventure Wonderland’s indoor play centre, maze and theatre are transformed into a world of spooks and skellys with some fangtastic events thrown in for their Halloween half term week.
• Batty about Bats at Brownsea Island – batty fun for all the family with a spooky bat trail around the island plus the chance to make your own spooky bouncy bat! 29th and 30th October, 10.30am to 4.00pm.
• 22nd to 23rd October – a dinosaur sleepover at Dorset County Museum! An evening full of dinosaur activities, followed by a sleepover in the museum.
• Halloween Fun Evenings in the Enchanted Floodlit Garden at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens.  27th to 30 October 5pm to 8.30pm. Free scary face painting and free prizes for children in fancy dress.

When you’re planning your autumn half-term holiday activities, you couldn’t choose a better located and more convenient place to stay than Chesil Beach Lodge. Please contact us to find out more about our family-friendly holiday accommodation in Dorset, and to book our stunning bed and breakfast rooms, and self-catering apartments.

And don’t forget we’re also taking bookings for self-catering and bed and breakfast accommodation in Dorset for Christmas.