
Purbeck Mining Museum
The Purbeck Mining Museum is dedicated to the history and heritage of Purbeck Ball Clay mining and it’s industrial narrow gauge railways.
The Purbeck Mining Museum is an independent museum which exists to preserve and interpret everything to do with the Purbeck Ball Clay industry and it’s association with the Swanage Railway branch line.
The Mining Museum is housed in the last underground mine building that worked in Purbeck. The collections include mining equipment, as well as images and artefacts of all aspects of associated social and economic history including narrow gauge railways.
The museum was officially opened by Antiques Roadshow’s Paul Atterbury and MP Richard Drax in 2014.
May 2025 Opening Times:
- Sat 3rd to Sun 11th May inclusive
please note that we will be open on Bank Holiday Monday 5 May and all three days of the SR Diesel Gala - Tues 13th to Thu 15th May inclusive
- Sat/Sun 17th/18th May
- Tues 20th to Thu 22nd May inclusive
- Sat 24th May to Sun 1st June inclusive
please note that we will be open Bank Holiday Monday 26 May and every day during the school half term week
June and July 2025 Opening Times
- 11:00 – 16:00 (last entry 15:30) on Tues, Weds, Thurs, Sat and Sun.
Please note: opening times are subject to volunteer availability and times may change.
Find us at Purbeck Park, near Corfe Castle, Dorset. We are just above Norden Station on the Swanage Railway.
Our postcode is BH20 5DW. What3words ///yelled.correct.evening
Address & Contacts
Address
Purbeck Mining Museum, Purbeck Park, Corfe Castle, Wareham, Dorset BH20 5DW
GPS
50.6450613, -2.0615675
Telephone