Graeme's Guidebook

Graeme
Graeme's Guidebook

Food scene

Locally brewed beer and cider and delicious pasties and sausage rolls.
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The Square and Compass
Worth Matravers
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Locally brewed beer and cider and delicious pasties and sausage rolls.
Lovely breakfast, lunch, coffee and cake. Downstairs area very cosy on a gloomy day.
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Love Cake Etc
42 High St
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Lovely breakfast, lunch, coffee and cake. Downstairs area very cosy on a gloomy day.
Stunning views, great food. Need to book...
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Shell Bay Seafood Restaurant
Ferry Road
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Stunning views, great food. Need to book...
The Salt Pig Too (the original is up the road in Wareham) is a cafe and deli that really cares about locally sourced food and drink. Highly recommended.
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The Salt Pig
6 North St
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The Salt Pig Too (the original is up the road in Wareham) is a cafe and deli that really cares about locally sourced food and drink. Highly recommended.
A new restaurant with good sea food options in a lovely part of Swanage. Take a stroll after lunch along Peveril Point to see the fishing boats. PS Do also note the building’s tapering stone screens. (It’s by the same architect that designed 6 Abbascombe)
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Pier Head
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A new restaurant with good sea food options in a lovely part of Swanage. Take a stroll after lunch along Peveril Point to see the fishing boats. PS Do also note the building’s tapering stone screens. (It’s by the same architect that designed 6 Abbascombe)
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The 1859 Pier Cafe & Bistro
Swanage Pier
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Sightseeing

Drive to Renscombe car park (the end of the road west of Worth) or walk from the house then stroll across the field then down the zig zagging path to a lovely rugged, prehistoric bay with great swimming options. It’s a lot quieter than Lulworth Cove.
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Chapman's Pool
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Drive to Renscombe car park (the end of the road west of Worth) or walk from the house then stroll across the field then down the zig zagging path to a lovely rugged, prehistoric bay with great swimming options. It’s a lot quieter than Lulworth Cove.
Surprisingly good coffee, sandwiches and cake … and birds, woodland walks, and atmospheric little beaches on Poole Harbour.
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RSPB Arne
Arne Road
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Surprisingly good coffee, sandwiches and cake … and birds, woodland walks, and atmospheric little beaches on Poole Harbour.
You will pass through Corfe on the way to the house (unless you’re arriving by boat!) but the village is worth paying a visit in its own right - a nice way to arrive is by the steam train from Swanage - especially on high days and holidays where playful re-enactments of battles between Saxons and Vikings in the castle grounds add historical colour to an already atmospheric place.
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Corfe Castle
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You will pass through Corfe on the way to the house (unless you’re arriving by boat!) but the village is worth paying a visit in its own right - a nice way to arrive is by the steam train from Swanage - especially on high days and holidays where playful re-enactments of battles between Saxons and Vikings in the castle grounds add historical colour to an already atmospheric place.
Lovely blowy walking option especially nice to approach it through the gorgeous Victorian woodland trail up the coast from Swanage. Good birding options here as well and if you’re feeling energetic we can’t recommend the trek back to 6 Abbascombe through the many magical sea valleys highly enough.
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Park Krajobrazowy Durlston i Narodowy Rezerwat Przyrody
Lighthouse Road
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Lovely blowy walking option especially nice to approach it through the gorgeous Victorian woodland trail up the coast from Swanage. Good birding options here as well and if you’re feeling energetic we can’t recommend the trek back to 6 Abbascombe through the many magical sea valleys highly enough.

Pubs with views

A pint with sea views in Studland. Park in the National Trust carpark and walk round the back of the Pig Hotel, or park at the pub itself.
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Bankes Arms Inn Studland
Manor Road
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A pint with sea views in Studland. Park in the National Trust carpark and walk round the back of the Pig Hotel, or park at the pub itself.
Fantastic views inland to Corfe Castle and good pub grub.
Scott Arms station
Fantastic views inland to Corfe Castle and good pub grub.

Coffee, cake and lunch

Off the beaten track, away from the bucket and spade crowd, great coffee, cake and lunch.
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Java Independent Coffee House
Unit 3 Commercial Rd
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Off the beaten track, away from the bucket and spade crowd, great coffee, cake and lunch.
Stunning chocolate emporia!
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Chococo
23A Commercial Rd
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Stunning chocolate emporia!

Sea swimming

If you're into sea swimming then this is a highly recommended spot within walking distance of the house. Walk down into the historic centre of the village, follow the path down Winspit valley until you reach the sea then jump in!
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Winspit Quarry
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If you're into sea swimming then this is a highly recommended spot within walking distance of the house. Walk down into the historic centre of the village, follow the path down Winspit valley until you reach the sea then jump in!
Our favourite walk is a simple one to our nearest sea valley – Seacombe Bottom. The swimming off the rocks is invigorating and if you’re into birding then in summer you will likely spot interesting visitors such as Redstarts and Spotted Flycatchers. But the thing we like the most about the valley is that you feel as if you could be walking there at any point in the last millennia as it has a certain timeless air to it.
Seacombe Cliff
South West Coast Path
Our favourite walk is a simple one to our nearest sea valley – Seacombe Bottom. The swimming off the rocks is invigorating and if you’re into birding then in summer you will likely spot interesting visitors such as Redstarts and Spotted Flycatchers. But the thing we like the most about the valley is that you feel as if you could be walking there at any point in the last millennia as it has a certain timeless air to it.
Legendary sea swimming spot within walking distance of the house.
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Dancing Ledge
South West Coast Path
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Legendary sea swimming spot within walking distance of the house.

Beaches

Lovely Victorian beach fun for all the family.
Swanage Beach
Lovely Victorian beach fun for all the family.
Lovely option a ‘million miles away’ from Bournemouth beach
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Lovely option a ‘million miles away’ from Bournemouth beach
A Georgian beach option further down the coast.
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Weymouth Beach
Esplanade
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A Georgian beach option further down the coast.
A really lovely pebbly beach with atmospheric woodland walks.
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Ringstead Bay
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A really lovely pebbly beach with atmospheric woodland walks.