Events in Dorset
September
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Events in Dorset during this wonderful autumn month of September. The leaves turning colour, reds, yellows, browns. The childish delight of scuffling through the dry leaves on the ground! Yet still the sun shines and the days call out for the outdoors. There are Fairs and Carnivals, even a Cheese Festival!
Shaftesbury Town Hall
Photograph © Robin Drayton
Events
Gillingham Walking Festival 2nd to 9th September 2023.
Swanage Folk Festival 6th to 8th September 2024. Music, dance, craft and a market.
Dorset County Show 7th and 8th September 2024 The show has been going since 1840 and just as vital as it always was.
Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival. 14th and 15th September 2024. Celebrating over 100 years of cheesemaking in Sturminster Newton.
Rotary Dorset Bike Ride. Charity Sportive event 8th October 2023. 8 routes.
Berwick St John Country Fair is run every two years and the next one will be on 14th and 15th September 2024. The site is five miles east of Shaftesbury on the Wiltshire Dorset border.
Places
Max Gate
Photograph © Nigel Mykura
Dorset's Day Out - Dorset County Fair is held this month in Dorchester. One could make a short break of it and explore the town and environs of Thomas Hardy country. Visit Upper Bockhampton and Hardy's Cottage, or Max Gate, both National Trust Properties.
Shaftesbury makes a pleasant break too. It is close to the Wiltshire border and on the A30 so it is easy to get to. If you are a history buff, the town is quite old and King Canute died there. If you love the countryside, Blackmore Vale makes for walking and cycling fun or just touring in the car.
Sturminster Newton is also in the Blackmore Vale, on the River Stour. Thomas Hardy spent time in the town where he wrote "The Return of the Native".
Lyme Regis makes a good place for a short break. It is a pleasant seaside town on the southwest edge of the county. Nice beach. The town is a bit hilly. On the X53 bus route from Exeter to Poole. There are many places along the route that beg exploration.
Weymouth, a seaside resort that has been popular for generations. On the Jurassic Coast and the South West Coastal Path. It sister town, Portland, has one of the largest man made harbours in the world.
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Morris Men dancing at Berwick St John
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