For a day out in Cranborne, there is plenty of variety on offer. The Cranborne Manor Garden Centre, The Old Potting Shed tearoom and Cranborne Stores are open daily. Elizabethan manor garden containing a Jacobean Mount garden herb and walled gardens, a river garden and daffodils are open once a week in the Spring and Summer for the public to enjoy (Wed Only), Note that the Manor House itself is not open

Location of the Garden Centre - Follow the B3081 all the way to Cranborne. - As you enter the village the Garden Centre can be found on your left;

Garden Centre - normally open Monday to Saturday 9am - 5pm.- Sundays and Bank Holidays 10am - 5pm.

The Manor Garden - Open Every Wednesday only between 1st March and 30th September from 9am - 5pm. (Last entry 4pm.)

http://www.cranborne.co.uk/ 

Ringwood Brewery  
- (6 Road Miles from Verwood)

Ringwood Brewery's first brewhouse was in a former bakery in the old station yard brewing Best Bitter and Fortyniner for a handful of local customers. 1979 saw the production of Old Thumper, which has since become the flagship brew. Old Thumper was voted Champion Beer of Britain by CAMRA in 1988.

The brewery tour experience takes approximately one and a half hours. The tour includes a complimentary drink in the Pin Room, a tour of the brewery where you can taste the malted barleys, have a sniff of the hops, and see the fermentations bubbling away in the TunRoom.

Unfortunately, due to the nature and layout of the Brewery, there is limited access to certain areas which may not be suitable for all. If you have any concerns regarding access please call the brewery on 01425 470303.

Directions - Take the B3081 to Ringwood and then follow Christchurch signs and the Brewery can be found on the right
Location:-  138 Christchurch Road. Ringwood Hants (BH24 3AP) 

http://www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk/

 Avon Heath Country Park  
- (6 Road Miles from Verwood)

 The miles of tracks offer an opportunity to explore some of Dorset's internationally important heathland and its rare wildlife. It is dominated by lowland and wet heath, acid grassland and heather, which is broken only by clumps of birch and pine. Some of the rarer species to look out for are Sand Lizards and Smooth Snakes, Dartford Warblers, Woodlarks and Silver-studded Blue butterfly.- 

Directions - From Verwood take the B3081 towards Ringwood pass under dual cariagway & onto it. Continue straight towards Ferndown. Avon Park is on your left.

Location:- Brocks Pine, St. Leonards, Ringwood, BH24 2DH (Using a Sat Nov system may send you to the wrong place.)
Grid reference:- SU 121 029

The Heathland Discovery Centre opens 11am - 4pm everyday
- (except 25th & 26th Dec and 1st Jan.)
The Park gates open 8am and the entrance closes at 06:30 p.m. or dusk. - Exite gate closes at 07:30 p.m.

http://www.dorsetforyou.com/avonheath

Liberty's Owl, Raptor and Reptile Centre is located near Ringwood on the edge of the New Forest. It is home to a large collection of birds of prey and other creepy crawlies such as snakes, lizards and spiders in our indoor reptile house.

Observe these magnificent birds flying free and the reptiles up close and personal in various displays held throughout the day. In the event of wet weather - our displays are held indoors.

Directions: - Take the B3081 to Ringwood and the Owl Sanctuary.
Locations:-   Crow Lane, Ringwood, Hants. BH24 3EA

Knoll Gardens
- (7.8 Road Miles from Verwood)

Within a superb framework of mature trees and shrubs there is a wealth of colour and form throughout the season - bright colours of early spring through to autumn's mellow hues. Open to the public, the four acre garden at Knoll is a show garden, featuring the specialist plants available in the nursery. 

One of the country's most extensive collections of grasses can be found within Knoll’s informal English setting, clearly demonstrating how grasses can work in the visual context of a real garden. Knoll is at the forefront of changing gardening styles and the Show Gardens offer beautiful working examples of how to create maximum effect for minimum general maintenance as well as addressing environmental concerns: Knoll features a Mediterranean style gravel garden as well as a small scale meadow garden and most recently the Decennium border planted in Neil's version of the modern naturalistic style.

The garden at Knoll is never static; it constantly evolves as owner Neil Lucas introduces new plants and themes to what he lovingly describes as his 'four acre exhibit'.

Directions:- From Verwood travel to Ferndown and then turn right onto main Wimborne Rd. then left into Award Road.
Location:-   Knoll Gardens, Stapehill Road, Hampreston, Wimborne BH21 7ND

http://www.knollgardens.co.uk/index.html

Walford Mill Crafts 
- (7.3 Road Miles from Verwood)

The history of the mill at Walford is clouded in uncertainty. In David Popham's book 'The History ofWimborne' there is a reference to a 'mille at Wimburn Town Centre end' which is believed to refer to Walford Mill in the 16th century.. Location: Wimborne, Dorset 

A converted mill building by the river with a gallery and shop showing the best in contemporary British design workshops a craftschool and a bistro.
Tel:-  01202 841400. (Craft Centre) . Location: Wimborne Minster

http://www.walfordmillcrafts.co.uk

An elegant historic house set in ancient gardens, a stone’s throw from the centre of Wimborne Minster in Dorset. Run by William and Ali Hanham, Deans Court has been in William's family for nearly 500 years. Today the estate hosts a venue for weddings and events, a vintage lifestyle shop, health-food café and holiday cottages & houses. Pop-up social suppers, open-air theatres, courses and workshops, tours, beekeeping, fly-fishing, rearing sheep and growing organic vegetables in a walled kitchen garden - are just some of the other activities taking place here - all of them under the ethos of living sustainably within a heritage environment in the 21st century.

Lawns specimen trees shrubs semi-woodland paths. Vegetable garden with serpentine wall. Sanctuary for rare vegetable species. Chemical-free produce for sale.
Tel:-  01202 886116. (Garden) Location: Wimborne Minster

https://www.deanscourt.org/