Any advice on Weymouth/Poole

[sievehead]

Hi - am thinking of venturing to coast next week for a couple of days with DH and kids (5 and 2). Have never been to Weymouth, or Poole and wondered what the coast is like around there. Any tips please would be welcomed.

If I'd got my act together, could have found a nice seafront flat to rent, but as usual have left it to the last minute!!! Unless anyone knows anywhere!

I love Dorset!

Deffo visit:

blue.pool.users.btopenworld.com/

They do a lovely cream tea

If you fancy it, you can get the steam train to Swanage and spend the day on the beach before getting the train back (like a park and ride):

www.swanagerailway.co.uk/

I absolutely love Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door, deffo worth a visit but you might need a back pack for your 2 yr old if you do walk down to DD:

www.lulworthonline.co.uk/

You could also visit Brownsea Island:

www.pooletourism.com/services.asp?id=FC5D87E84E094F

Oh and then there is Bovington Tank Museum for the DH and the kiddos:

www.tankmuseum.org/

Ooooo, so much to do, so little time! Have fun!

We are going on Sunday but not a pleasurable jolly as are scattering my Grandmas ashes so do not stand downwind of Portland

Monkey World is brilliant

Farmer Palmers is a fav with my nice info here

niece

I've never been to Poole Pottery so can't advice i'm afraid but Monkey World is indeed fab and has a fab adventure playground as well as loads of monkeys

Poole Pottery used to do pottery painting for kids but not sure if they still do

Had a look online at Poole Pottery and it might be intersting for an older child but i'd be a bit paranoid my kids might trash a display (they are 15 months and 4).

Thanks for all those - and WWCL - thanks too, sorry about your gran though.....

Now wondering whether we should stay down there as there is obviously lot to do there! Any ideas for flats/cottages/hotels. Have seen a couple of hotels on the web, but they are all outrageously expensive, only for millionaires!!!!

Id say weymouth is also a very good base, much better beach and lots of indoor things if it rains, sealife centre, indoor softplay on weymouth harbour. Much smaller and quainter than poole but within driving distance 40 mins to poole, close to Lulworth, monkey world farmer palmers etc. I'd have a look on the dorset tourist board site, you can fix up accommodation through them.