Showing 1–12 of 12 outdoor attractions in Wareham
Zoos and Wildlife ParksMonkey World - Ape Rescue Centre
CastlesCorfe Castle
BeachesDurdle Door Beach
BeachesLulworth Cove
SightseeingThe Blue Pool
BeachesKimmeridge Bay
Water ParksDorset Adventure Park
SightseeingCorfe Castle Model Village
SightseeingWareham Boat Hire
BeachesWorbarrow Bay
Sports & ActivitiesLulworth Equestrian Centre
Indoor PlayWipeout World Inflatable Park
Outdoor Family Adventures in Wareham
Half of these Wareham listings are stretches of coast rather than places with a front door. Durdle Door Beach, Worbarrow Bay, Lulworth Cove and Kimmeridge Bay have nobody on duty to greet you and no arrangements laid on; what you get is the sea, the ground and the weather. Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre, Dorset Adventure Park and Corfe Castle are the reverse — run sites with people in charge of them. One filter, two utterly different kinds of responsibility.
Where there is nobody to ask on the day, you do the asking beforehand. For the coastal entries that means finding out what the sea and the ground are doing before you leave the house, and for the run sites it means one telephone call.
Outdoor activities in Wareham: FAQs
What do the coastal entries ask of a parent?
Everything, essentially. Where will the sea be at the time you mean to arrive, since that decides whether there is a shore at all. What is the way down like, how steep, and made of what. Is the beach watched by anybody. Take footwear suited to rock if rock is what you are getting. With nobody on duty, every scrap of supervision near the water is yours, and the youngest child sets the limit for the whole party.
Which are the organised visits?
Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre and Dorset Adventure Park are both run sites with staff, and they behave accordingly. Ask whether a place needs reserving ahead, what a visit takes in, how the arrival works, and what there is for the youngest in the party. An adventure park will have minimums on age or height for parts of what it offers, and those are applied at the point of use rather than argued about.
Boat hire with children — what needs settling?
Speak to Wareham Boat Hire yourself and be specific. From what age do they take children. What is provided in the way of lifejackets, and do they come in a size that fits a small one. Must a grown-up be aboard and in charge. What is the water like where you would end up, and what is the arrangement when conditions are poor. Children and open water deserve a proper conversation, not a quick booking.
How should we approach the castle listing?
Corfe Castle is logged inside as well as out. Historic sites are shaped the way they were built and cannot be rearranged to suit a modern family, so ask what the walk in from the car is like, how steep and how even it gets, and how much of the place is within reach of anybody who cannot manage a climb. Better settled before you travel than at the foot of it.