Walking in Dorset
Circular walks between 5 and 12 miles in a rich variety of scenery. Spectacular coastline, lovely downs and fine pubs. Sections cover East Dorset, the Stour and Frome, Purbeck and South Dorset, West Dorset. 39 routes plus details of Dorset’s long-distance trails.
Walking in Dorset
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Seasons
Any time of the year.
Centres
Shaftesbury, Cranbourne, Wimbourne Minster, Bournemouth, Swanage, Weymouth, Dorchester, Bridport, Beaminster, Sherborne, Sturminster, Blandford Forum.
Difficulty
Half- to full-day walks, easy. Muddy lanes are the worst winter hazard.
Must See
The Dorset coastline, digressions to follow up on Dorset’s rich literary heritage.
Chapter One: Introduction to Walking in Dorset
Chapter Two: Long-Distance Paths in Dorset
Chapter Three: Walks in East Dorset
1) The Forests and Downs of Cranborne Chase (12 miles)
2) Hambledon Hill, Hod Hill and Blandford Forest (9 miles)
3) Bokerley Ditch and Martin Down (10 miles)
4) Compton and Fontmell Downs and Melbury Hill (5 miles)
5) The Stour Valley and Forest Trail, Ferndown (10 miles)
6) The Woods and Lanes of the Crane Valley (11 miles)
Chapter Four: Between the Stour and the Frome
7) The Hinterland of Sherborne: In Raleigh’s Domain (6 miles)
8) Milton Abbas, Hilton and the Downs (5 or 8 miles)
9) The Vale of the Stour (8 miles)
10) Trent and the Comptons (6 miles)
11) Dogbury Gate and Minterne Hill (6 miles)
12) Plush and the Dorset Gap (8 miles)
13) Melcombe Bingham and the Dorset Gap (7 miles)
14) Rawlsbury Camp and Bulbarrow (7 miles)
15) Giant Hill and the Source of the Cerne (10 miles)
16) Sandford Orcas to Cadbury Castle (10 miles)
17) Between the Cale and the Stour (9 miles)
18) Tolpuddle, Dewlish and the Downs (10 or 12 miles)
Chapter Five: Purbeck and South Dorset
19) Chapman’s Pool, Kimmeridge and Swyre Head (9 or 5 miles)
20) Dancing Ledge and St Aldhelm’s Head (7 miles)
21) Corfe Castle and the Purbeck Hills (7 miles)
22) Ballard Down and Godlingston Heath (10 miles)
23) Durdle Door and Bat’s Head (9 miles)
24) The Land of the Trumpet Major (9 miles)
25) The Isle of Portland (8 miles)
Chapter Six: West Dorset
26) Golden Cap, St Gabriel’s and Chardown Hill (7 miles)
27) Four Short Walks on the Golden Cap Estate
28) Thorncombe Beacon, Quarry Hill and Eype Down
(7 or 3 miles)
29) The Lyme Regis Undercliff Forest (5 miles)
30) The Lim Valley (7 miles)
31) Marshwood Vale and Hardown Hill (9 miles)
32) Beaminster, Netherbury and Gerrard’s Hill (7 miles)
33) Pilsdon Pen and Lewesdon Hill (7 miles)
34) The Bride Valley and the Downs (8 miles)
35) Abbotsbury and Puncknowle (10 miles)
36) Evershot and the Melburys (7 or 10 miles)
37) Askerswell, Powerstock Common and Eggardon Hill
(8 or 5 miles)
38) Kingcombe and the Hooke Valley (11 or 6 miles)
39) Bronkham Hill, Corton and The Hardy Monument (10 miles)
Accommodation
Useful addresses and telephone numbers
Bibliography
Chapter Two: Long-Distance Paths in Dorset
Chapter Three: Walks in East Dorset
1) The Forests and Downs of Cranborne Chase (12 miles)
2) Hambledon Hill, Hod Hill and Blandford Forest (9 miles)
3) Bokerley Ditch and Martin Down (10 miles)
4) Compton and Fontmell Downs and Melbury Hill (5 miles)
5) The Stour Valley and Forest Trail, Ferndown (10 miles)
6) The Woods and Lanes of the Crane Valley (11 miles)
Chapter Four: Between the Stour and the Frome
7) The Hinterland of Sherborne: In Raleigh’s Domain (6 miles)
8) Milton Abbas, Hilton and the Downs (5 or 8 miles)
9) The Vale of the Stour (8 miles)
10) Trent and the Comptons (6 miles)
11) Dogbury Gate and Minterne Hill (6 miles)
12) Plush and the Dorset Gap (8 miles)
13) Melcombe Bingham and the Dorset Gap (7 miles)
14) Rawlsbury Camp and Bulbarrow (7 miles)
15) Giant Hill and the Source of the Cerne (10 miles)
16) Sandford Orcas to Cadbury Castle (10 miles)
17) Between the Cale and the Stour (9 miles)
18) Tolpuddle, Dewlish and the Downs (10 or 12 miles)
Chapter Five: Purbeck and South Dorset
19) Chapman’s Pool, Kimmeridge and Swyre Head (9 or 5 miles)
20) Dancing Ledge and St Aldhelm’s Head (7 miles)
21) Corfe Castle and the Purbeck Hills (7 miles)
22) Ballard Down and Godlingston Heath (10 miles)
23) Durdle Door and Bat’s Head (9 miles)
24) The Land of the Trumpet Major (9 miles)
25) The Isle of Portland (8 miles)
Chapter Six: West Dorset
26) Golden Cap, St Gabriel’s and Chardown Hill (7 miles)
27) Four Short Walks on the Golden Cap Estate
28) Thorncombe Beacon, Quarry Hill and Eype Down
(7 or 3 miles)
29) The Lyme Regis Undercliff Forest (5 miles)
30) The Lim Valley (7 miles)
31) Marshwood Vale and Hardown Hill (9 miles)
32) Beaminster, Netherbury and Gerrard’s Hill (7 miles)
33) Pilsdon Pen and Lewesdon Hill (7 miles)
34) The Bride Valley and the Downs (8 miles)
35) Abbotsbury and Puncknowle (10 miles)
36) Evershot and the Melburys (7 or 10 miles)
37) Askerswell, Powerstock Common and Eggardon Hill
(8 or 5 miles)
38) Kingcombe and the Hooke Valley (11 or 6 miles)
39) Bronkham Hill, Corton and The Hardy Monument (10 miles)
Accommodation
Useful addresses and telephone numbers
Bibliography
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