A glorious country house built 200 years ago of stone from the Purbeck Hills, situated within its own beautiful, formal gardens

Museums

While hotel receptions usually house a rack of leaflets describing places to visit, ours is different, our reception is the home of a unique tourist information guide: The Grange Guide to Wessex.

Haynes Motor Museum

Haynes Motor Museum (8 miles/13.0 km)

This excellent museum features over 300 historic cars and motorcycles, including a $1.5million Duesenberg and an entire hall of red cars!

www.haynesmotormuseum.com
The Fleet Air Arm Museum

Fleet Air Arm Museum (14 miles/22.5 km)

This is an outstanding military aviation museum, exhibiting aircraft used throughout the Navy's flying history. There are also many other interesting things to see including Concorde.

www.fleetairarm.com
Perry’s Cider Mills

Perry’s Cider Mills (22 miles/35.5 km)

Perry's is a working business which also features an excellent cider museum. Here cider is still made in the 16th century thatched barn, which also houses many farming antiques.

www.perryscider.co.uk
Bovington Tank Museum

Bovington Tank Museum (34 miles/55.0 km)

Here you will find what is probably the best and certainly the largest international collection of armoured vehicles in the world, featuring exhibits from the First World War up to the Gulf War.

www.tankmuseum.org
The Helicopter Museum

The Helicopter Museum (60.1 miles/96.7 km)

A longer ride to get there - but worth it for enthusiasts and those involved in the helicopter business! The museum has the world’s largest international collection of Rotorcraft.

www.helicoptermuseum.co.uk
Lacock Abbey and Lacock Village

Lacock Abbey and Lacock Village (46 miles /74.0 km)

Lacock is a little known picturesque village dating back to Saxon times. Its attractions include a medieval cloistered abbey converted into a fine country house, newly-restored botanic gardens and a fascinating museum dedicated to William Henry Fox-Talbot, the ‘Father of Modern Photography'. Uniquely preserved by the National Trust, Lacock has provided the setting for Pride & Prejudice, scenes from the Harry Potter films and many other period film and television productions.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-lacockabbeyvillage

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