Dorset news

The Gröna Lund theme park in Stockholm, Sweden has reopened its doors 10 days after a guest died and nine other were injured in an ... More

Chester Zoo, Nothe Fort and Black Country Living Museum are among the 19 winners of this year's Visit England Awards for Excellence. Picking up the ... More

Relais & Chateaux's Summer Lodge Country House Hotel ​in Dorset, England, has launched an insightful masterclass to inspire guests about the benefits of fermentation. Fermentation ... More

Gyms and leisure facilities in south-east England are to close from midnight tonight as part of new restrictions announced during an emergency press this evening ... More

Leisure trust 1610 will begin offering DNA testing to members at the leisure centres it runs on behalf of local authorities across Somerset, Devon and ... More

HRH The Prince of Wales has officially opened Monart Destination Spa’s first UK property – The Monart Spa - Poundbury, in Dorset. Owned by the ... More

The Griffin Group, owners of the Monart Destination Spa, in County Wexford, Ireland, is set to open its first UK property. The luxury day spa, ... More

The Eastbury, a Grade II-listed hotel in Sherbourne, Dorset, is set to open a new spa, as well as five new garden suites inspired by ... More

The winners of the Museums + Heritage Awards were announced in London last night (15 May), with museums large and small being honoured and Sir ... More

Hundreds of UK attractions that have received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) are offering free entry, discounts and gifts to visitors who brandish ... More

Revised plans will be submitted later this year for a long-awaited, underground visitor attraction on Dorset's Jurassic Coast. Named 'The Journey', the £20m scheme will ... More

Dreamworld CEO Craig Davidson has left his position in the midst of a public enquiry into the tragic accident at the theme park in 2016 ... More

An inquest into the ride malfunction that killed four at the Dreamworld theme park in Australia is underway, with a Queensland court hearing there had ... More

VisitEngland has named the best Britain's tourism industry has to offer, announcing the winners of its annual Awards for Excellence. The awards, which enter their ... More

A new museum on crime and the history of law and order will open in Dorchester, Dorset on 1 May. Visitors to the Shire Hall ... More

A six-week exercise programme to help relieve pain for people with arthritis will be tested across a UK county to see if it can be ... More

The long-awaited Jurassica project is taking a new path towards realisation, joining forces with biodiversity project Memo to create a single visitor experience. Sir Tim ... More

Sport England is investing £10m of National Lottery money into 20 projects across the country to reduce inactivity among over 55s. The funded organisations will ... More

Leisure centres across the South West of England will dim their lights and turn down the music for an hour in October as part of ... More

Dorsett Hospitality International has become one of the first hotel groups to add customer-facing robots to its service staff. The two robots, both called V ... More

Queensland’s state government is set introduce industrial manslaughter laws, with safety around theme park rides to also be tightened, following the deaths of four people ... More

The long-touted Jurassica project, a multi-million pound dinosaur attraction inside a former quarry in Dorset, UK, will take its first steps as a visitor attraction ... More

The sale of 16 Virgin Active sites in the UK is the final step of the company's strategy to focus its operations on metropolitan and ... More

David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) has exchanged contracts to buy 16 Virgin Active health clubs for an undisclosed sum.     The deal will bring the total ... More

Dippy - the iconic diplodocus that has welcomed visitors to London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) for more than 37 years - is embarking on a ... More