Durlston Country Park & Castle
320-acre coastal National Nature Reserve with spectacular cliffs, wildlife, Victorian castle, and Great Globe.
Nature & Wildlife
Natural attractions and wildlife
Corfe Common & RSPB Hartland Moor
Extensive heathland nature reserves with rare reptiles, Dartford warblers, and beautiful purple moorland.
Blue Pool Nature Reserve
Enchanting turquoise former clay pit lake surrounded by heathland and woodland nature trails.
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Abbotsbury Swannery
World’s only managed mute swan colony, 1,000 years old, with 600+ swans nesting annually.
Fossil Forest (Penn’s Weare, Portland)
Remarkable 145-million-year-old in-situ fossil tree stumps from Jurassic period forest on Portland.
Lodmoor Country Park & RSPB Reserve
200-acre country park with RSPB reserve, breeding waders, recreation areas, and family activities.
Radipole Lake RSPB Reserve
450-acre urban reed bed reserve in central Weymouth with bearded tits, bitterns, and wetland birds.
Arne RSPB Nature Reserve
1,350-acre heathland reserve in Poole Harbour with all six British reptiles and rare birds.
Blue Pool
Stunning turquoise former clay pit in 25-acre nature reserve with heathland and rare wildlife.
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Abbotsbury Swannery
World’s only managed mute swan colony, 1,000 years old, with 600+ swans nesting annually.