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Summer Makers Market at Upton Country Park
Thursday 7, Friday 8 August from 10:30am until 4pm.
NEW for 2025! Free entry to browse an amazing selection of local artisans' craft stalls in the beautifully landscaped Walled Garden with gorgeous beds and borders! more...

, Poole Road , Upton , Poole , Dorset , BH17 7BJ

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Summer Nocturnal Discovery Walk with Dorset Bat Group at Upton Country Park
Thursday 31 July from 8:30pm until 10pm and Thursday 28 August from 7:30pm until 9:30pm.
Join members of the Dorset Bat Group and our UCP Research Volunteers for a guided night walk and discover our nocturnal inhabitants. From the back terrace of Upton House you more...

, Poole Road , Upton , Poole , Dorset , BH17 7BJ

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Summer of Play on Brownsea Island
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 July and 1 to 30 August from 10am until 5pm.
Embark on a crayon rubbing trail filled with fun activities and games for the whole family. Play like a chicken, leap like a sika deer, and try some bunny yoga. more...

Poole Harbour , Poole , Dorset , BH13 7EE

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Summer School 2025: The Greatest Showman at Forest Arts Centre
Monday 18 until Friday 22 August from 9am until 4pm.
Join us for a week long summer holiday camp with Zest Dance, New Milton and Forest Arts Centre. Throughout the week, the young people will make the set, costumes and more...

Old Milton Road , New Milton , Hampshire , BH25 6DS

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Summer Splash Fountain - Upton Country Park
Open May – September! The Walled Garden water feature bursts into life twice a day throughout the summer, from 11am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm.
The Walled Garden water feature bursts into life twice a day throughout the summer. Join us on Facebook for news of unscheduled last-minute hot-weather or other 'surprise' splash-abouts! more...

, Poole Road , Upton , Poole , Dorset , BH17 7BJ

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Swift Awareness Week at Kings Park
Thursday 3 July from 6:30pm until 8:30pm.
The Parks Foundation and Christchurch Harbour Ornithological Group (CHOG) invite you to an evening of swifts. This Swift Awareness Week, join us in the park with local swift experts to more...

, Gloucester Road , Boscombe , Bournemouth , Dorset , BH7 6JD

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Taylormania: All Eras at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
Thursday 7 August from 7:30pm.
Back again by popular demand! An award-winning extravaganza that plays tribute to one of the leading contemporary recording artists of our time. Katy Ellis a self-confessed 'Swiftie' with an incredible more...

Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre , Westover Road , Bournemouth , Dorset , BH1 2BU

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The Robbie Rocket Foundation - Holiday Activities and Food Programme SEND Logo
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31 July, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29 August from 8:30am until 4:30pm.
Our school holiday clubs offer varied sports activities, delivered by enthusiastic, DBS cleared and first aid trained professional sports coaches. We provide various activities including hired or fired penalty shoot more...

, Library Road , Parkstone , Poole , Dorset , BH12 2BG

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The Three Inch Fools present 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at Highcliffe Castle and Gardens
Thursday 14 August from 7pm.
One of William Shakespeare's most beloved comedies, this play is set in a magical forest where the lives of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors, and mischievous fairies more...

Highcliffe Castle , Rothesay Drive , Christchurch , Dorset , BH23 4LE

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The Three Inch Fools present 'The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I' at Highcliffe Castle and Gardens
Thursday 21 August from 7pm.
Elizabethan theatre is flourishing. But will a brand new Tudor musical romp, in which Good Queen Bess takes to the stage herself, be the making of this heroine or spell more...

Highcliffe Castle , Rothesay Drive , Christchurch , Dorset , BH23 4LE

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