THE GARDEN GATE TEA ROOM

Welcome to the Purbecks Live Laugh Love Ladies Club, held at The Garden Gate Tea Room.

We are delighted to welcome you to our friendly club in the heart of Wareham. Our aim is to provide a warm, comfortable, and welcoming space where ladies can socialise, laugh, make new friends, and enjoy inspiring guest speakers in a safe and relaxed environment.

In addition to our regular social evenings, we also host a variety of special one-off events throughout the year.

Whether you're new to the area, looking to expand your social circle, or simply enjoy meeting like-minded ladies, this club is the perfect place to spend an enjoyable evening. You'll also have the opportunity to listen to inspiring speakers while enjoying delicious hot food in a lovely venue.

As a special welcome, every guest receives a free raffle ticket on the evening.

Pre-booking is essential.
Please let us know about any dietary requirements during the booking process or by messaging Caroline, your host.

The award-winning Garden Gate Tea Room is a charming boutique tea room located in the historic market town of Wareham, within the beautiful Isle of Purbeck.

The venue offers hearty homemade food, delicious cakes, artisan coffees, local ales, wines, breakfasts, brunches, lunches, and much more.

The Garden Gate also hosts a variety of fun evening entertainment, including live tribute shows.

There is plenty of parking available nearby, either on surrounding streets or in the car park opposite the venue.

All street parking and public car parks in Wareham are free after 6:00 pm throughout the year.

Parking is approximately 1–3 minutes' walk from The Garden Gate Tea Room.

Nearby parking locations:

  • Howards Lane Car Park – BH20 4NN (nearest)

  • St John's Hill & Church Green – BH20 4LZ

  • Connegar Lane – BH20 4NQ

  • Stetches Road – BH20 4QJ

Upcoming Events

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 Monthly EVENING CLUB 7pm-9pm includes a hot supper & free raffle. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW EVENTS & BOOK. Please state any dietary requirements.

Tue 30th of June 2026
£24.00/ticket
Premium member price £18.00/ticket

Confessions and true-life stories of a local Headteacher

  • We welcome back Mike Randall who spoke to us last year about Genealogy.
  • 30 years of being a headteacher of different schools - from an inner-city multi-cultural school to 25 years of one within Dorset in the Purbecks that was judged to be ‘outstanding’ as well as leading other Dorset schools failed by Ofsted.
  • Hear stories that would not dare to be written, but can dare to be told of what happened in many of those buildings. Listen to incidents that will shock, amuse and sadden you.
  • Stories of children, staff…of course parents and not forgetting the headteacher himself!
  • Everything is largely untold and some episodes are barely believable but true-you can trust me - I’m a genuine former headteacher- possibly the original Demon Headmaster!
  • Booking 24 hours in advance is required to secure your place. Please purchase your place by messaging Caroline Hearne 07710 592693. Please state any dietary requirements at time of booking.
Capacity : 30
Remaining : 20
Qty
Tue 28th of July 2026
£24.00/ticket
Premium member price £18.00/ticket

  • JFK The Sequel

    For those that came to our original talk on ‘Who shot JFK’ last year from our regular speaker Richard. 

    This talk is the follow on, please don’t worry if you missed the first talk, he will share a very quick re-cap.

    Following the success of the original presentation 'Who Shot JFK? or rather who didn't', this looks at the aftermath, the contradictions in factual evidence, and could events connected, have led to the assassination of RFK in in 1968. 

    And why this is still important today.  Hear the first presentation quick re-cap, and then this will likely prove the conspiracy to kill.

    Richard uses bits from the first presentation to provide the intro only.  But then cover some aspects not covered in the first presentation filling in some of the evidential/factual gaps  and how things moved forward, cover ups and the connections, the body count, to then look at  the Malcom X & Dr Martin Luther King Jnr assassinations, before focussing on the circumstances of the RFK assassination 1968 and again the continual Govt Account versus the facts reflecting a disturbing pattern of contradictions, the involvement of the CIA, Mafia and use of a Patsy. 

    Booking 24 hours in advance is required to secure your place.

    Please purchase your place by messaging Caroline Hearne 07710 592693. Please state any dietary requirements at time of booking.

Capacity : 30
Remaining : 21
Qty
Tue 15th of September 2026
£24.00/ticket
Premium member price £18.00/ticket

Pearls Perfume and Power - The Story of Coco Chanel.

Further information to follow.

Capacity : 30
Remaining : 27
Qty

 August SPECIAL EVENT Meeting at 6pm. Guided walk from Kingston with Andy from Jurassic Jaunts. Bite to eat and drink at The Scotts Arms, Kingston afterwards at own expense on this summers evening. £10 Premium £12 Non Premium members.

Tue 11th of August 2026
£12.00/ticket
Premium member price £10.00/ticket

Meeting at 6pm sharp please ladies.

These walks are always very enjoyable, we learn so much about the beautiful place we live.

Meeting at Houns Tout car park, Kingston (Free). 1/4 mile from the Scott Arms BH20 5LH.

A 3 1/4-mile, 5 Km, walking from Kingston out to Houns Tout, overlooking the Encombe, Golden Bowl to your right and to Chapman’s Pool on your left. We will drop down from Houns Tout and back up the valley path to Kinston church and the car park. Great all-round views, good terrain so sensible shoes and bring water and clothing to cover weather variations. Bite to eat and drink afterwards at The Scotts Arms, Kingston at your own expense.  Price is for the walk and guide only.

How to find us: What3Words:- 

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https://w3w.co/wrong.hung.practical 

Google Maps - https://www.google.com/maps/place/Houns-Tout+Car+Park/@50.6150412,-2.0671557,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4873074a9e52ef2b:0x592d84dc57054044!8m2!3d50.6150412!4d-2.0671557!16s%2Fg%2F11r7jcd66n!18m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 

Booking 24 hours in advance is required to secure your place.

Please purchase your place by messaging Caroline Hearne on 07710 592693. 

Capacity : 25
Remaining : 18
Qty
LOCATION
The Garden Gate Tea Room
7 North Street
Wareham
Dorset
BH20 4AB

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