Black Swan Inn (free house), High Street, Swanage (1 mile) – good food and frequent live folk and blues music; 01929 423846; http://www.blackswanswanage.co.uk. Or if you fancy a walk across the fields, try the Square and Compass (free house), Worth Matravers (4 miles) – pub with its own fossil museum and jazz festival, and where the only food served is pies and pasties (veg ones available too); 01929 439229.