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Vehicle Conservation Centre, you’ll see the breadth of the museum’s vehicle collections.


‘The Trench Experience’ takes you back in time to the trenches in 1916, whilst “Warhorse to Horsepower” examines the rise of the tank and the demise of the cavalry in the mud of the Western Front. This year, ‘Tank Men: The Story of the First Crews’, tells the stories of the first men who fought bravely in these revolutionary machines. ‘Tank Factory’ explores the making and makers of tanks and don’t miss the temporary ‘Fury’ exhibition, which uncovers the Museum’s involvement in the making of the film.


Special events go on throughout the year including Tankfest, Tiger Day and the Vintage Christmas Festival & Craft Fayre, as well as special activity programmes during the School Holidays*. Don’t miss the explosive Tanks in Action Displays, every weekday during the School Holidays*. Watch in awe as tanks roll into action in the arena, with thundering engines and life-like explosions - guaranteed to stop you in your tracks!


Tankfest, on the last weekend of June, is the world’s best display of historic moving armour with historic vehicles making their debuts, and old favourites returning to the arena with living history displays and mock


the park, or visitors are welcome to bring a picnic and enjoy lunch in the beautiful surroundings.


You can help Monkey World to rescue and rehabilitate more primates by adopting a monkey or ape. ‘Adoptive parents’ receive a year’s pass to the park, a photograph of their adopted primate, certificate, and copies of the Ape Rescue Chronicle up to three times a year.


Keep an eye on the website www.monkeyworld.org, or social media pages, to keep up with all the special 30th anniversary events.


Offering great value for money and a fun, fascinating day out, Monkey World is a firm family favourite all year round. The park is open every day, except Christmas Day, from 10am to 5pm (10am to 6pm during July and August).


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battles. Stalls, food, entertainment and activities make this an event for the whole family.


Open 10am-5pm daily, the Tank Museum is a great day out for all the family - whatever the weather.


Monkey World, the internationally-acclaimed rescue centre, is turning 30 this year! Opened in 1987 to provide a home for nine abused Spanish beach chimpanzees, it is now home to over 250 primates. Many have been neglected, kept in unnatural conditions, or experienced unbelievable cruelty. At Monkey World, they can all enjoy the company of their own kind in a safe and natural environment, and some are now part of international breeding programmes for endangered species.


Combining fun with conservation and animal education, half-hourly talks at the park explain all about man’s closest living relative.


Visitors


can see the stars of TV’s ‘Monkey Business’ and ‘Monkey Life’, then ‘monkey around’ in the south’s largest Great Ape play area for children


with Clavell Tower its huge variety of


swings, slides, and climbing frames. There are several food outlets available at


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Continue north and you reach the tranquil village of Bere Regis, which sits on gently undulating hills at the boundary between chalk downlands to the north and sandy heathlands to the south.


The focus of the village is the Church of St. John the Baptist, probably one of the most visited churches in Dorset thanks to its magnificent timber roof C1475. The protruding beams are carved into twelve figures dressed in medieval costume, probably either monastic figures or meant to represent the twelve Apostles.


The village featured in several novels of Thomas Hardy, most notably, ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’, in which it was portrayed as ‘Kingsbere’ and was also home to the founder of the English House of Commons, Simon de Montfort.


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