| The Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum |
| Tours around the Norden Clay Works site |
The Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum Group is happy to offer guided tours around the site at Norden, visiting the remains of the Clay workings that dates from 1970s back to the 1860's. Included in the tour will also be a view of the construction of the Museum. Also an optional walk along a tramway to view a bridge is available (see below). The tour will last approx 2 hours.
A minimum donation of £8 is required for parties up to 6 people. Larger Parties can be catered for with a minimum donation of £15.
Please e-mail for further information.
A tour for National Trust Volunteers looking
at the construction of a tramway bridge ©
Pam White
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Find out more about this strange looking bridge and the part it played in the extraction of Ball Clay |
'Tiny' the Lewin of Poole 0-4-0T engine crossing the Skew Arch bridge at Norden in August 1938 © R.W. Kidner