in and around the area
what’s on
this month Until 4 September every Friday, 2-4pm
Monster Bounce every Friday, bounce like crazy. Children must wear socks. Special café deals on production of your Monster Bounce receipt. The Hub, Verwood. Price £4.60, ages 4-12. Call 01202 828740
Until 4 September every Tuesday, 10-11.30am
Trampoline. Learn all the moves and routines to make you a top trampolinist. Socks must be worn. Queen Elizabeth Leisure Centre, Wimborne. Spaces limited. £5 per session. Ages 5-12. 01202 888208
Until 18 September
Summer reading challenge at Fordingbridge Library during the school holidays. Email fordingbridge.library@ hants.gov or call 0300 555 1387 for more information.
11-29 August
48th Annual Summer Exhibition of Ringwood Art Society. Greyfriars, 44 Christchurch Road, Ringwood BH24 1DW. Free entry, parking and wheelchair access. 10am–4.45pm Mon-Sat, 1–5pm Sun. www.ringwoodartsociety.org
15 August 4pm for 4.30pm Highcliffe Castle is inviting the public to an open event to find out more about an upcoming project and to become a Friend of Highcliffe Castle. To register, call 01425 278807.
18 August 11am-4pm
Bug and beastie day. St Catherine’s Hill, Christchurch. Grand opening of the previous night’s moth trap, minibeast safari, search for rare butterflies, and meet reptiles plus craft session. Come for all or part of the day. Call Countryside Service 01425 470721 for details of where to meet.
20 August 11am-12 noon
Crab Craft Activity, Fordingbridge library. 01425 657524.
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20 August 11am-3pm
Family activity day at Fryer Field off Bond Avenue in West Moors. Sport and fitness activities, classic car and bike show. Stalls £10 (free for charities) call Rachel Taylor on 07785 451834 or email rtaylor@christchurchandeastdorset.gov.uk.
20-21 August
Beaulieu Supercar Weekend, featuring Top Gear Stunt Team. www.beaulieusupercarweekend.co.uk or call 01590 612345
25-29 August
Great Dorset Steam Fair at Tarrant Hinton, DT11 8HX. Please note new dates this year. Advance tickets from www.gdsf.co.uk
27 August 1.30pm
West Moors Horticultural Society summer show, West Moors Memorial Hall, Station Road. 01202 871536
27 August 4pm
Wimborne in Bloom duck race. River Allen, Mill Lane to Rising Sun, East Street. 01202 888703
29 August 10am
The Dorset Plane Pull at Bournemouth Airport on August Bank Holiday Monday. The 35,000kg Boeing 737 is being provided by local aviation firm European Skybus. Watch teams of 20+ attempt to pull the airliner a distance of 50 metres. Team members still needed. Visit www.planepull.co.uk.
29 August 12noon-5.30pm Rotary Rustic Fayre, Potterne Park Verwood. Arena events, stalls, classic cars, boot sale and much more.
30 August 10.30am-1pm
Wild Brownsea: get up close to the amazing wildlife of Brownsea Island with DWT experts. Free event but normal entry charges apply for DWT reserve, National Trust landing fee & boat fares. No need to book. 01202 709445
31 August 7.30pm
New Forest Jazz Workshop, Godshill Village Hall opposite the Fighting Cocks. All levels of musicianship welcome. For details call Derek Ayling on 01425 650770 or email Hippotrain@btinternet.com
31 August 7.30pm Verwood Keyboard Society presents David Thomas playing a Roland Atelier at Verwood Hub. 01202 822936
1 September 12.30pm
Eat-and-meet lunch and quiz for anyone who is alone and would enjoy some lunchtime company. Royal British Legion Ferndown Club, Church Road. Members £3, non-members £6. In association with Douch & Son. To book call 01202 877706 or email admin@rblferndown.org
3-4 September 8.30am-6pm
Dorset County Show, Dorchester Showground DT2 7SD. £16 entry, under 16 free. dorsetcounty.ticketsrv.co.uk
3-4 September
Beaulieu Autojumble. www.internationalautojumble.co.uk
3 September-6 November
‘Lines of thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to now’ at Poole Museum. 70 works from British Museum by artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Picasso. Open daily. Free admission. www.poolemuseum.co.uk
4 September 11am-4.30pm
RSPCA Ashley Heath Fun Dog Show and Craft Fair, Horton Road, near Ringwood, BH24 2ET. Contact Sheila or Gaynor at ashleyheath@rspca.org.uk or 0300 123 0749.
6 September 10am-12 noon Community First New Forest event at Fordingbridge Library. Aims to improve quality of life for people and communities in the New Forest and surrounding area. 0300 555 1387
7 September 12-2.30pm
Dorset Women In Business (DWIB) networking lunch at the Cosy Club, Bournemouth, including a talk by Jo Huey. Tickets cost £15 plus booking fee. For more information visit www.dwib. co.uk/events-2
7 September 12.15pm
Ferndown Probus Club meets at Dudsbury Golf Club, Ferndown for lunch followed by talk on ‘Upton House’. 01202 875757
8-10 September 10am-6pm
‘Around the World in Flowers’ flower festival, Richmond Hill St Andrew’s URC, St Stephen’s Road, Bournemouth. £3.50. In aid of diabetes locally and church restoration fund. 01202 575753
8 September 7.30pm
Wimborne Horticultural Society, ‘Life and Gardens of Paris’ by Martin Catford. Community Learning and Resource Centre, 41- 44 King Street. Wimborne, 01202 887006
10 September 1pm, walk at 2pm
Event to raise awareness of dementia plus a sponsored Memory Walk at 2pm around the lake in Poole Park to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. Open to everyone and organised by student nurse Meg Austin from The Aldbury, a Colten Care home. Meet near the Ark. For more details contact Meg Austin on 07713 174639
10-25 September 10am-5pm
The Woodlanders, 2016: New Forest Artists and New Forest Woodcarvers 26th exhibition in Burley village, Hampshire. Artists will be working in the hall, and are happy to chat about their work and their individual approaches. Admission is 50p, which will go to support Diabetes UK.
13 September 11.30am-12 noon
Police drop in, Fordingbridge Library. 0300 555 1387