Nothe Fort

We are delighted to be hosting in conjunction with Dorchester Arts & Opera Anywhere, H.M.S. Pinafore. This follows a successful performance last year with the Pirates of Penzance.

Please feel free to bring your own picnic or use the Fort View Cafe which will be open for food & refreshments and licenced bar.

This is a joint venture working in partnership and we are delighted to be hosting Opera Anywhere who will be performing at the Fort for the first time.

This is a tale of mismatched love across different social classes. Josephine is the captain’s daughter and has fallen for lowly sailor Ralph. Yet her father has other ideas – he has promised her to Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. Will love prevail? Climb aboard to find out and enjoy a feast of fun along the way. Hip hip hooray!

The models are based on drawings, plans and photographs of the real ships. They are flat bottomed so that when placed on a blue tablecloth they look as though they are in the sea. But these aren’t just static models. If you can go down to the exhibition, get Mr Warren to show you how they move. The rotor blades spin on the aircraft, the radars move on the ships.

It might take more patience than most of us have- but Mr Warren’s steady hand is something of a natural talent. Not to be missed! Come and be amazed at the detail and accuracy of the scaled replicas of modern warships on display.

Made entirely of matchsticks and matchboxes these models, that have taken one man a lifetime to build fill the whole of our exhibition area.

Open during normal opening hours. Normal entry charges apply.

The models are based on drawings, plans and photographs of the real ships. They are flat bottomed so that when placed on a blue tablecloth they look as though they are in the sea. But these aren’t just static models. If you can go down to the exhibition, get Mr Warren to show you how they move. The rotor blades spin on the aircraft, the radars move on the ships.

It might take more patience than most of us have- but Mr Warren’s steady hand is something of a natural talent. Not to be missed! Come and be amazed at the detail and accuracy of the scaled replicas of modern warships on display.

Made entirely of matchsticks and matchboxes these models, that have taken one man a lifetime to build fill the whole of our exhibition area.

Open during normal opening hours. Normal entry charges apply.

Come and meet the Nothe Fort Family.

Their house is a museum where people often come to see ’em. There Is always lots of screaming with ghosts you can believe in.

So put a witch’s shawl on a broomstick you can crawl on and come a play a call on The Nothe Fort Family.
There is no where quite like Nothe Fort when it comes to Halloween. We have the spookiest venue with lots of dark tunnels, nooks and crannies and surprizes in store. We have so much fun going on and activities to keep young people happy.

This year we are doing our Magic Show, Story Telling, Ghost Tours, Face Painting, Craft Making, Spell Writing and much more. This event will not be to scary, however there will be ghost passage tours for the brave people and the return of Wanda Witchway who will be flying in to perform her special Spookyloopy Magic Show where there’ll be lots of Halloween tricks and treats and silly scary fun for boils and ghouls of all ages. You might even get to become a witch’s apprentice too!’

The Fort View Café will be open for some spooky treats and of course there are all the underground passages to explore. You might even find a coffin!

Please come in fancy dress to get into the spirit of things.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the tunnels!!!

Following its success over the last two, Nothe of the Living Dead is back for its third year.

There’s a new plot, with new challenges and surprises but the core focus remains the same in this Walking Dead meets Crystal Maze fusion – participants must battle their way through a web of tunnels infested with flesh devouring zombies. Along the way each must overcome a series of physical and mental challenges to collect the vaccines required to secure their rescue at the tunnels end. Fail and they become the main course in a zombie nosh-up!

The event is a collaboration between local charities the Nothe Fort and Island Community Action (ICA), and is supported by Bored 2 Board Gaming (B2B). Pengillys Solicitors are official sponsors for the event.