Each group has its own facilities including:

• Classroom
• Staff lounge
• Kitchenette for making drinks
• Boot room
• Outdoor play area

Shared facilities on-site include:

• Tudor and Victorian kitchens
• Chapel – large teaching space
• Aelfric Hall – suitable for indoor games, teaching activities, wet weather play area
• Low ropes course*
• Confidence Course*
• Lake and Moat for pond dipping, fishing, rafting* and kayaking*
• Vegetable gardens*
• Pets corner
• Anglo-Saxon hut*
• Playing fields
• Outdoor hard surface play area

*These activities can only be enjoyed under the guidance of a Hooke Court tutor

Away from Hooke Court
Should you wish to venture further afield there is much to enjoy. Just a short walk will take you to Hooke Woods where groups often enjoy shelter building, night walks, animal tracking and much more.

Just 11 miles away is the World Heritage Jurassic Coast. Perhaps one of the most-frequented local attractions is the Heritage Centre at Charmouth where the children can learn about fossils before hunting for them on the beach.

Other local sites include:

• Maiden Castle and the historic County town of Dorchester
• Portland Bill and Chesil Beach
• Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door
• Abbotsbury Swanery and Tropical Gardens
• Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Museum
• Beautiful beaches at Weymouth, West Bay and Burton Bradstock

For more details please see our Local Attractions page for links to relevant websites or visit www.westdorset.com