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Venue: Bournemouth International Centre
Address: BH2 5BH
Website: www.bic.co.uk
It’s time to take to the ice as this hugely popular indoor seasonal ice rink returns once again for the winter. With Ice Skating penguins for the youngest novices. Call 01202 055555.
Venue: Bournemouth International Centre
Address: Bournemouth, BH2 5BH
Website: www.bic.co.uk
Get fit and have fun at the same time on this huge indoor seasonal ice rink until 23 February. There is a separate kids’ area and ice skating penguins to help steady the children on the ice. For details...
Venue: Kingston Maurward Animal Park and Gardens
Website: www.kmc.ac.uk
With fun activities for all the family taking place every day and special discounts for Dorset residents.
Venue: The Tank Museum
Address: Bovington, BH20 6JG
Website: www.tankmuseum.org
Explore this huge indoor attraction and experience the big ‘explosive’ day out in history. Take part in a range of family activities. Climb inside a Modern Battle tank and be wowed with talks and tours.
Time: 10am to 3.30pm
Venue: Corfe Castle
Address: Near Wareham, BH20 5EZ
Budding knights and damsels can take part in the 'Great Escape' (teddy bear zip wire) and watch missiles launch from the castle's medieval siege engine. Medieval fun continues with the family castle quest....
Time: 12pm to 2pm
Venue: Brownsea Island
Address: Poole Harbour, Poole, BH13 7EE
Go for a walk to the Outdoor Centre where you will find tasty treats toasted on an open campfire. For details call 01202 707744
Venue: Kingston Lacy
Address: Blandford Road, Wimborne, BH21 4EA
Discover the first signs of spring this half-term. Explore the gardens and parkland with a family activity pack and spring themed crafty fun. For details call 01202 883402
Venue: Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park
Address: Wareham Road, Organford, Poole, BH16 6EU
Website: www.farmerpalmers.co.uk
Children can enjoy all the fun at Farmer Palmer’s this February. With lots of fun-filled play and cute and friendly animals.
Time: 11am to 3pm
Venue: Chesil Beach Centre
Address: Portland Road, Portland, DT4 9XE
Website: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
Celebrate Valentine's weekend and make gifts for the animals in your garden to show how much you love wildlife. Crafts starting from £1, Children must be accompanied. For details call 01305 206191
Venue: Durlston Country Park
Address: Lighthouse Road, Swanage, BH19 2JL
Website: www.durlston.co.uk
Learn to read an orienteering map and navigate a course. This is an event for all the family. Booking essential. Cost: £3 each. Call 01929 424443 for details.
Venue: Durlston Country Park
Address: Lighthouse Road, Swanage, BH19 2JL
Website: www.durlston.co.uk
Discover the stories written in the rocks at Durlston. Cost: £3 each. Call 01929 424443 for details.
Venue: Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
Address: Near Bridport, DT6 6LL
Website: www.charmouth.org/chcc
Daily until 24 February. A two-hour session starting at the Centre with a 20-minute talk about the rocks and fossils of Charmouth. Then head to the beach to look for fossils. For more details call 01297...
Venue: Kids Camera Action
Address: Wimborne, BH21 2AR
Website: www.kidscameraaction.co.uk
Get some hands-on experience of stop-motion animation. Create 3D backdrops, crazy characters and animate a mini-story. Contact Kids, Camera, Action for venue details. For more details call 01202 509089
Time: 10am to 5pm
Venue: Crealy Adventure Park
Address: Sidmouth Road, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DR
Website: www.crealy.co.uk
Family Feb Fest includes all the family favourites live on stage every day. There will be performances from The Sooty Show, Little Chix – a lively and bright new tribute act and Krazy Kev and Dinky Dino...
Venue: Lulworth Cove Visitor Centre
Address: West Lulworth, BH20 5RQ
Website: www.lulworth.com
Also on 22 February. A fun session where children of all ages can have a go at fossil casting and ammonite slice polishing. Also includes top tips for finding fossils on the beach. For more details call...
Time: 10am to 1.30pm
Venue: Safewise
Address: 1 Roundways, Elliott Road, Bournemouth, BH11 8JJ
A fun and interactive family experience. Complete a treasure hunt, solve clues and practice being safe whilst exploring a learning village along the way. For children aged five -10 years old. Cost: £5...
Time: 10.30am to 11.30am and 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Venue: Moors Valley Country Park and Forest
Address: Horton Road, Ashley Heath, BH24 2ET
Website: www.moors-valley.co.uk
Make a bird box, as part of National Nest Box Week. Take it home to provide wildlife with a safe nesting site and encourage birds to nest in your garden. Booking essential. For ages 6 years+. Call 01425...
Venue: Durlston Country Park
Address: Lighthouse Road, Swanage, BH19 2JL
Website: www.durlston.co.uk
Explore Durlston’s wildlife and create an animal to take home. Booking essential. Cost: £3 each. Call 01929 424443 for details.
Time: 10am to 12pm
Venue: Upton Country Park
Address: Poole, BH17 7BJ
Website: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
Enjoy some forest school fun with the rangers. Cost: £5 per child. Must be accompanied by an adult. Booking essential and to confirm venue details. For details ring 01202 692033
Venue: Lulworth Cove Visitor Centre
Address: West Lulworth, BH20 5RQ
Website: www.lulworth.com
An hour session beginning with a short talk on the fossils of Lulworth. Then, walk along the beach to start the fossil hunt. For more details call 01929 400587
Time: 11am to 12.30pm
Venue: RSPB Arne Nature Reserve
Address: Wareham, BH20 5BJ
Also 21 February. Pull on your wellington boots and head over to Arne for an adventure. Children will be taught about how to use journey sticks and explore this amazing reserve. Cost: children £5, adults...
Venue: Adventure Wonderland
Address: Christchurch, BH23 6BA
Website: www.adventurewonderland.co.uk
Titch the T-Rex and his dinosaur friends will be taking up 'roar'sidence during February half term. Plus, small children will be able to sit on Gretel, an animatronic Triceratops. Also, enjoy the Caterpillar...
Time: 10am to 11am
Venue: Tower Hide at Seaton Wetlands
Address: Colyford Road, Seaton, EX12 2SP
Website: www.eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events
Learn about the different species of birds found at Seaton Wetlands with an experienced volunteer guide. Complete the bird spotting sheets using binoculars.
Time: 10.30am to 11.30am and 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Venue: Moors Valley Country Park and Forest
Address: Horton Road, Ashley Heath, BH24 2ET
Website: www.moors-valley.co.uk
Work on constructing a shelter for a range of minibeasts to install in your garden ready for spring. Booking essential. For ages 6 years+. Call 01425 470721
Time: 10.30am to 11.30am
Venue: Poole Museum
Address: High Street, Poole, BH15 1BW
An Early Years session for 0-3 year olds that links with the Calm Before the Storm exhibition. Sing nautical songs, make ship shape crafts and look at some real sea-faring objects from the collection....
Time: 11am to 3pm
Venue: Brownsea Island
Address: Poole Harbour, Poole, BH13 7EE
Budding young rangers can discover how to conserve nature and learn some bush craft skills. Outdoor Centre rangers will show children how Brownsea's habitats are looked after. For ages 8 years+. Booking...
Time: 11am to 12.30pm
Venue: Chesil Beach Centre
Address: Portland Road, Portland, DT4 9XE
Website: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
Walk along Chesil Beach and hunt the strandline for wildlife treasure blown in with the Atlantic storms. Look for rare pink sea fans, shark eggcases and lots more! Cost: Adults £3; Children £2. Children...
Time: 11.30am
Venue: Lulworth Cove Visitor Centre
Address: West Lulworth, BH20 5RQ
Website: www.lulworth.com
Search the strandline to hunt out interesting flotsam and jetsam, some of which could have travelled thousands of miles, each with a different story to tell. For details call 01929 400587
Time: 5.45pm to 7.45pm
Venue: Moors Valley Country Park and Forest
Address: Horton Road, Ashley Heath, BH24 2ET
Website: www.moors-valley.co.uk
Early February is the time when frogs, newts and toads head to the ponds to spawn. So wrap up well, grab your wellingtons and take a torch. Booking essential. For ages 6 years+. Call 01425 470721
Time: 11am to 3pm
Venue: Durlston Country Park
Address: Lighthouse Road, Swanage, BH19 2JL
Website: www.durlston.co.uk
Free activities and crafts for all the family. Call 01929 424443 for details.
Time: 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Venue: Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre
Address: Lorton Lane, Weymouth, DT3 5QH
Website: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org/Lorton
Explore the woods of Lorton Meadows, uncovering minibeasts, then create a beautiful beetle to take home. Featuring family fun and wildlife inspired crafts and games. Cost: Children £3. Booking essential....
Venue: Poole Quay and Old Town
Address: Poole, BH15 1AU
Website: www.lightuppoole.co.uk
This festival will be transforming Poole’s familiar townscape after dark with an ambitious programme of more than twenty light art spectacles that follow the theme of ‘Tides’.
Time: 10.30am to 12.30pm
Venue: Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre
Address: Lorton Lane, Weymouth, DT3 5QH
Website: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org/Lorton
Discover just how tricky it is to build a nest with just a beak and feet. Featuring family fun and wildlife inspired crafts and games. Cost: Children £3. Booking essential. For details call 01305 816546
Time: 10.30am to 3.30pm
Venue: Studland Bay
Address: Near Swanage, BH19 3AQ
Build a nest for an animal of your choice. Prepare your garden for spring by building a home for wildlife. Join the Rangers to build a bird, bat or bug box to take away with you. Call 01929 450500
Time: 11am to 12.30pm
Venue: Chesil Beach Centre
Address: Portland Road, Portland, DT4 9XE
Website: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
Youngsters aged 5 years+ are encouraged to complete the Chesil Challenge. Look for clues to solve puzzles about Chesil Beach and the Fleet Lagoon on this children's treasure trail inside and outside the...
Time: 2pm to 3.30pm
Venue: Durlston Country Park
Address: Lighthouse Road, Swanage, BH19 2JL
Website: www.durlston.co.uk
Go on a walk with a ranger to discover more about Durlston's wildlife. Cost: £3. Call 01929 424443 for details.
Venue: St Aldhelm’s Church Centre
Address: Spa Road, Weymouth, DT3 5EW
Website: www.weymouthmusicfestival.co.uk
A non-competitive festival open to all musicians of all ages and abilities.
Time: 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Venue: Oakdale Library
Address: Wimborne Road, Poole, BH15 3EF
Join in with the fun afternoon filled with crafts at Oakdale Library. For details ring 01202 674213
Time: 11am to 4pm
Venue: Hardy’s Cottage
Address: Higher Bockampton, Dorchester, DT2 8QJ
Also 9 March. Celebrate World Book Day at Hardy's Cottage. There will be a ‘Ten Little Bookworm’ children's trail to enjoy and £1 World Book Day books will be available to buy. For details ring 01305...
Time: 10.30am to 12.30pm
Venue: Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre
Address: Lorton Lane, Weymouth, DT3 5QH
Website: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org/Lorton
Discover the astounding night-life of nocturnal owls and make a cute owlet to take home. Featuring family fun and wildlife inspired crafts and games. Cost: Children £3. Booking essential. For details...
Time: 11am to 1pm
Venue: Seaton Wetlands
Address: Colyford Road, Seaton, EX12 2SP
Improve your bird identification skills and get the most out of Seaton Wetlands. Telescopes and binoculars are available for use in the hide free of charge during the session. For details call 01395 517557
Venue: Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
Address: Near Bridport, DT6 6LL
Website: www.charmouth.org/chcc
Collect nurdles (tiny plastic pellets used to make most plastic products) on Charmouth beach and share your findings with The Great Nurdle Hunt Project. For more details call 01297 560772
Time: 11am to 1pm
Venue: Brownsea Island
Address: Poole Harbour, Poole, BH13 7EE
Explore Brownsea's coastlines on this free guided wildlife walk. Join one of the experienced rangers as they talk you through the curious creatures that make the shoreline their home. Booking essential....
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: Dolphin Shopping Centre
Address: Poole, BH15 1SZ
Website: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk
Dorset Wildlife Trust's Get Dorset Buzzing campaign kicks off this month. Have fun finding out how to help pollinators at the Eco-Hub in Poole's Dolphin Shopping Centre. Call 01202 692033
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