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Dorset Events for October

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1^st

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

The Great Brick Safari: Marwell Zoo 10:00
Marwell Zoo, Colden Commom, Winchester

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Lulworth Off-Road 2017 08:30 to 17:00
Lulworth Castle, East Lulworth

Haynes Breakfast Club 09:00
Haynes International Motor Museum, Sparkford, Yeovil

Grandparent's Day @ Farmer Palmers! 10:00 to 17:00
Wareham Rd, Organford, Poole

General Table Top Sale 10:30 to 12:00
Littledown Centre, Chaseside

Studland Apple Day 10:30 to 15:30
Manor Barn Orchard, Studland Village

Hoburne 5 Road Running Race 11:00 to 12:30
Hoburne Holiday Park near Christchurch

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

2^nd

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Ladies Beginner Running Group: Kingston 09:30 to 10:30
Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne

Hidden Secrets of Bournemouth Walkingtal 10:30
Hotel Miramar, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth

New Play: No Finer Life 19:30 to 21:30
Digby Memorial Hall, Sherborne

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

3^rd

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Travelling Trends Fashion Show 19:00 to 21:30
The Dorford Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester

Wareham & Purbeck Badminton Club 19:45 to 22:00
Purbeck Sports Centre, Wareham

Gecko: The Wedding 19:45 to 21:45
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

4^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Stephen Venables 19:45 to 22:00
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

5^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Kingston Lacy Health Cycle Rides 09:15 to 11:00
Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne

Noriko Agawa & Philip Smith 13:00 to 14:15
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Ornamental Grass Masterclass: Neil Lucas 14:00 to 16:30
Knoll Gardens, Hampreston, Wimborne

Oz & Armonico Drink To Music 19:45 to 21:45
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

6^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Wild Food Walk 11:00 to 14:00
Knoll Beach, Studland

Autumn colour walks at Kingston Lacy 11:00 to 13:00
Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne

Talk 2: Conservation of Sea Music & Deca 14:00 to 15:00
Poole Museum, High Street, Poole

Archaeology Unearthed: Marine Archaeolog 19:00
Dorset County Museum, 66 High West St., Dorchester

Montiverde Vespers of 1610 19:30 to 21:30
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Josh Kemp Quartet 20:00 to 22:00
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

7^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Bournemouth Marathon Festival
Bournemouth Seafront

Arts and Crafts Fair 10:00 to 16:00
St Edwards Hall, Rempstone Road, Swanage, Dorset

Tankmod Model Exhibition 10:00 to 17:00
Bovington

Gillingham Carnivals 10:00 to 21:00
Gillingham Town Centre

Weymouth Library's 1st Fun Palace! 10:00 to 15:00
Weymouth Library

Christchurch Library Fun Palace 10:00 to 15:00
Christchurch Library

Gillingham Library: Fun Palace 2! 10:00 to 16:00
Gillingham Library

Songs & Tales from the Sea 19:30 to 22:00
Piddle Valley First School, Piddletrenthide

Islands in the Stream 19:30 to 22:00
Weymouth Pavilion

Tap Factory 19:45 to 22:00
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Factory Girl 20:00 to 22:00
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Watkins & Swarbrick 20:00 to 22:30
Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall

Flaming Torchlit Guided Walk 20:00 to 21:30
Golden Cap Estate

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

8^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Bournemouth Marathon Festival
Bournemouth Seafront

Two Course Lunch with Live Music 12:30 to 14:30
Cranborne Garden Centre

Hidden Secrets of Bournemouth Walkingtal 16:00
Hotel Miramar, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

9^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Ladies Beginner Running Group: Kingston 09:30 to 10:30
Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

10^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Guided Bird Walk 10:00 to 11:30
Thorncombe Woods, Hardy's Birthplace Visitor Centre, Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester

Speed Dating in Bournemouth 19:00 to 22:00
Bar So

Wareham & Purbeck Badminton Club 19:45 to 22:00
Purbeck Sports Centre, Wareham

The Tempest 19:45 to 22:00
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

11^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

The Tempest 19:45 to 22:00
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Sherborne Literary Festival 2017
Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne

Geology Revealed: 18:30
Dorset County Museum, 66 High West St., Dorchester

Jasper Carrott's Stand Up & Rock 19:30 to 22:00
Weymouth Pavilion

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

12^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Paint, Texture and Light 10:00 to 16:00
The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, Christchurch

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Sherborne Literary Festival 2017
Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne

Enchanted Floodlit Gardens: Abbotsbury
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, Bullers Way, Abbotsbury

Kingston Lacy Health Cycle Rides 09:15 to 11:00
Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne

Black Mountain 19:30 to 21:00
Poole Park

The Illegal Eagles 19:30 to 22:00
Weymouth Pavilion

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

13^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Sherborne Literary Festival 2017
Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne

Enchanted Floodlit Gardens: Abbotsbury
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, Bullers Way, Abbotsbury

Black Mountain 19:30 to 21:00
Poole Park

Autumn Steam Gala: Swanage Railway
Swanage Railway, Swanage Station

21st Annual Purbeck Film Festival
The Rex Cinema Wareham, 14 West Street, Wareham

Craft Market in The Shambles 08:00 to 15:00
The Corn Exchang,e Blandford Forum

Autumn colour walks at Kingston Lacy 11:00 to 13:00
Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne

Genesis Connected 19:30 to 22:00
Weymouth Pavilion

Richard Thompson 19:30 to 21:30
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Cockfight 19:45 to 21:45
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

14^th

Famous Signallers in World War1 10:00 to 17:00
Blandford Camp, Blandford Forum

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 11:30
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Guided red squirrel walks: Brownsea Isla 14:00
Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour

Home-Visit Volunteer Preparation Course 09:30 to 14:00
Paceycombe House, Paceycombe Way, Poundbury, Dorset, DT1 3WB

Sherborne Literary Festival 2017
Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne

Enchanted Floodlit Gardens: Abbotsbury
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, Bullers Way, Abbotsbury

Black Mountain 19:30 to 21:00
Poole Park

Autumn Steam Gala: Swanage Railway
Swanage Railway, Swanage Station

21st Annual Purbeck Film Festival
The Rex Cinema Wareham, 14 West Street, Wareham

Cockfight 19:45 to 21:45
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Speed Week
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, Portland.

The Osprey Sprint
Osprey Leisure Centre, Portland.

Arts by the Sea: Bournemouth
Bournemouth, various locations

Ceramics Taster Workshop: Halloween Lant 10:00 to 13:00
Moon Studio Ceramics, Christchurch

How To Be A Kid 11:00 to 12:00
Poole Park

Wild Food Walk 11:00 to 14:00
Knoll Beach, Studland

Pet Cafe 12:00 to 16:00
St George's Church, Fordington

Social Saturday: Birthday at the Farm 12:00 to 16:00
Gullivers Farm Shop, West Moors

Out Of Love 16:00 to 17:30
Poole Park

Magna Sinfonia Autumn Concert 17:00 to 19:00
St Peter's Church, Church Road, Parkstone

One Night Of Queen 19:30 to 22:00
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre For The Arts

Lyme Slime Halloween Festival
Various locations around Lyme Regis

15^th