Guidebook for Cerne Abbas

Harriet
Guidebook for Cerne Abbas

Sightseeing

Worth seeing if you like Thomas Hardy, but also to see a beautiful thatched cottage in a traditional cottage garden. Volunteers are very friendly and always ready for a chat by the open fire.
17 recommandé par les habitants
National Trust Hardy's Cottage
Cuckoo Lane
17 recommandé par les habitants
Worth seeing if you like Thomas Hardy, but also to see a beautiful thatched cottage in a traditional cottage garden. Volunteers are very friendly and always ready for a chat by the open fire.
A must see if you're staying in Cerne Abbas!
67 recommandé par les habitants
Cerne Abbas Giant
24 Long St
67 recommandé par les habitants
A must see if you're staying in Cerne Abbas!
Good day out. Wonder around little shops, narrow medieval streets, the ancient abbey and visit the castles.
129 recommandé par les habitants
Sherborne
129 recommandé par les habitants
Good day out. Wonder around little shops, narrow medieval streets, the ancient abbey and visit the castles.
Big Elizabethan Manor House. Filmed parts of Sense and Sensibility here.
127 recommandé par les habitants
National Trust - Montacute House
127 recommandé par les habitants
Big Elizabethan Manor House. Filmed parts of Sense and Sensibility here.
Lovely museum, lovely staff, real dinosaurs and lots of archaeological and literary history. Check for exhibitions.
35 recommandé par les habitants
Dorset County Museum
High West Street
35 recommandé par les habitants
Lovely museum, lovely staff, real dinosaurs and lots of archaeological and literary history. Check for exhibitions.
Lots of Rhodedendrons and Hydrangeas, for those into gardens, set in the grounds of an Edwardian manor house.
17 recommandé par les habitants
Minterne House and Gardens
17 recommandé par les habitants
Lots of Rhodedendrons and Hydrangeas, for those into gardens, set in the grounds of an Edwardian manor house.

Drinks & Nightlife

This is where Harriet's sister works. A real locals pub with roaring fire and good, honest pub food at good prices.
The Giant Inn
24 Long St
This is where Harriet's sister works. A real locals pub with roaring fire and good, honest pub food at good prices.

Food Scene

Very good full english breakfast, also good for locally sourced lunches.
Abbots Tearoom
7 Long St
Very good full english breakfast, also good for locally sourced lunches.
Amazing Sicilian food in an old cellar decorated with hand-painted, italian-style murals.
14 recommandé par les habitants
La Caverna Restaurant
57 Icen Way
14 recommandé par les habitants
Amazing Sicilian food in an old cellar decorated with hand-painted, italian-style murals.

Everything Else

Dorset's World Heritage Sight. Amazing stretches of coastline with the South West Coast Path winding along it's edge.
194 recommandé par les habitants
Jurassic Coast
194 recommandé par les habitants
Dorset's World Heritage Sight. Amazing stretches of coastline with the South West Coast Path winding along it's edge.
Good for a traditional day out at the beach, complete with Fish and Chips and sand sculptures.
160 recommandé par les habitants
Weymouth
160 recommandé par les habitants
Good for a traditional day out at the beach, complete with Fish and Chips and sand sculptures.
More natural alternative to Weymouth
52 recommandé par les habitants
Studland Naturist Beach
52 recommandé par les habitants
More natural alternative to Weymouth

Arts & Culture

Really cheap (2.50 per film), with cheap popcorn (2.50 regular) and huge seats, independent cinema. Gets films out as soon as Odeon, but at a fraction opt the price. Please support them!
22 recommandé par les habitants
Plaza Cinema
31-32 Trinity St
22 recommandé par les habitants
Really cheap (2.50 per film), with cheap popcorn (2.50 regular) and huge seats, independent cinema. Gets films out as soon as Odeon, but at a fraction opt the price. Please support them!
If you like a bit of culture, check out which plays are being performed in Dorchester at http://www.dorchesterarts.org.uk They have a lot of interesting touring theatres.
Dorchester Corn Exchange
High East Street
If you like a bit of culture, check out which plays are being performed in Dorchester at http://www.dorchesterarts.org.uk They have a lot of interesting touring theatres.
Dorset Artsreach bring performing arts to rural communities, anything from comedy to musicians simultaneously doing gymnastics http://www.artsreach.co.uk
Artsreach
Barrack Road
Dorset Artsreach bring performing arts to rural communities, anything from comedy to musicians simultaneously doing gymnastics http://www.artsreach.co.uk