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When you stay at The Red Lion in Dorchester, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Monkey World Ape Rescue Center and Sculpture by the Lakes. This bed & breakfast is 10.3 mi (16.6 km) from Weymouth Beach and 3.6 mi (5.7 km) from Durdle Door Beach. Amenities: Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Free self parking is available onsite. Dining: Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the bed & breakfast's coffee shop/cafe. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Rooms: Make yourself at home in one of the 5 guestrooms. Distance to Nearby Attractions: Durdle Door Beach - 5.7km/3.6mi Man Of War - 5.7km/3.6mi Weymouth Bay - 5.8km/3.6mi Mill House Cider Museum - 5.9km/3.7mi Monkey World Ape Rescue Center - 6.8km/4.2mi Lulworth Cove Beach - 6.9km/4.3mi South West Coast Path Section 51 Trailhead - 7.0km/4.3mi South West Coast Path Section 50 Trailhead - 7.0km/4.3mi Lulworth Cove - 7.0km/4.3mi The Tank Museum - 7.6km/4.7mi Ringstead Beach - 7.8km/4.9mi Sculpture by the Lakes - 8.2km/5.1mi Warmwell Holiday Park Ski Slope - 9.2km/5.7mi Clouds Hill - 9.5km/5.9mi Lulworth Castle - 10.3km/6.4mi Bournemouth (BOH-Bournemouth Intl.) - 46.1km/28.7mi Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 178.2km/110.7mi When you stay at The Red Lion in Dorchester, you'll be within a 10-minute drive of Monkey World Ape Rescue Center and Sculpture by the Lakes. This bed & breakfast is 10.3 mi (16.6 km) from Weymouth Beach and 3.6 mi (5.7 km) from Durdle Door Beach. Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access. Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the bed & breakfast's coffee shop/cafe. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Make yourself at home in one of the 5 guestrooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
The Red Lion Hotel, East Knighton, Dorchester, England, United Kingdom
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From 15:00 to 21:00
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Until 10:30
Minimum check-in age: 18
A car is recommended for transportation to and from this property. The property is professionally cleaned. This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly).
Check-in is from 15:00 to 21:00 and check-out until 10:30.
Yes, and parking is free.
Yes, there's free Wi-Fi.
We compare prices from the main booking sites.
barry
Sep 21, 2026
Mixed bag this one Two of the staff very friendly and helpful
celia
Sep 15, 2026
liked this place . clean tidy pleasant host
Jagadish
Aug 29, 2026
The room was not clean and the shower room was minscule and not usable. The breakfast was not great either.
Jilly
Aug 12, 2026
Shower old and not enough water and not enough power coming through to wash your hair. Wouldn’t turn off after a shower and next day no hot water. As we were going to a wedding this was highly inconvenient. SaniToilet wouldn’t flush and constantly making the grinding noise all night. Reported it and someone came to sort it but it happened again. Stopped doing food at 730pm because of ‘the weather’ it was really warm and too busy’ Went down for breakfast and sat for 30 mins no one came to take order and we were told we should have ordered breakfast the night before. Ran out of breakfast. Told my friend she could have a big bowl of scrambled eggs as nothing left that she could eat on low residue diet. Actually given a little dessert bowl of small serving of scrambled eggs. Cobwebs everywhere, in all the windows outside. Needs a really clean outside. Sat outside and cobwebs everywhere on the wooden gazebos. Disabled toilet in the bar would not flush, had to lift the cistern and do it. Would not book again or recommend.
Bryan
Aug 9, 2026
Had to find another restaurant to eat, last orders called at 10 pm on Saturday night in July. Very basic breakfast offering.
Richard
Aug 9, 2026
Nice looking room, but extremely noisy as above the bar. Very expensive. A very limited menu with ridiculously long waiting times. Breakfast an absolute disaster, our table was taken by non paying guests, not monitored or reserved by staff. Table we eventually got given was very sticky. After an hour and a half continuously chasing we eventually gave up waiting for breakfast to arrive. Requested refund as it was included in the room rate, told they couldn't refund and I'd have to email the boss. Such a shame as last year the pub was run very well.
