Short Walks in Dorset
Discover Dorset like never before with Ramblers Short Walks in Dorset.This practical e-guidebook contains 20 short walks in Dorset, all of which are 5 miles or under, and are ideal for families and individuals young and old looking for an afternoon stroll.The southern English county of Dorset contains stunning coastal scenery and beautiful rural countryside waiting to be explored. The area is famous for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, which features landforms such as the sublime Lulworth Cove, the impressive shingles of Chesil Beach, and the great natural arch of Durdle Door.This guide, produced in co-operation with the Ramblers and featuring Ordnance Survey mapping, is the perfect way to get out and enjoy the stunning scenery.This compact little guide contains walks, all of which are 5 miles or under, which are ideal for an afternoon stroll.INCLUDES:• 20 easy to follow walks which can be completed in 3 hours and under.• Each walk has a detailed Ordnance Survey map with the route clearly marked plus a detailed description of the route.• The walks have been chosen with issues like parking and refreshments in mind to make life easy for families.• There are interesting facts about the things you'll see along the route.• All the books include general information on walking and also the general area covered by the guide.• Packed with colour photographs of scenes you will see along the walk.
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Contents
| walk 1: | Melbury Beacon 5 miles (8km) |
| walk 2: | Bokerley Dyke 4 miles (6.5km) |
| walk 3: | Badbury Rings 3 miles (4.5km) |
| walk 4: | Hod Hill 3¼ miles (5km) |
| walk 5: | Sturminster Newton 4½ miles (7km) |
| walk 6: | Evershot 5 miles (8km) |
| walk 7: | Cerne Abbas 3½ miles (5.5km) |
| walk 8: | The Dorsetshire Gap 2½ miles (4km) |
| walk 9: | Tolpuddle 5 miles (8km) |
| walk 10: | Hardy’s Cottage 3½ miles (5.5km) |
| walk 11: | Golden Cap 3 miles (5km) |
| walk 12: | Hardy Monument 3½ miles (5.5km) |
| walk 13: | Maiden Castle 2 miles (3km) |
| walk 14: | White Horse Hill 4½ miles (7km) |
| walk 15: | Abbotsbury Swannery 2½ miles (4km) |
| walk 16: | Moonfleet 4 miles (6.5km) |
| walk 17: | Portland 2½ miles (4km) |
| walk 18: | Durdle Door 2¾ miles (4.5km) |
| walk 19: | Corfe Castle 3½ miles (5.5km) |
| walk 20: | Old Harry 4 miles (6.5km) |
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Walking in Dorset
Dorset offers an amazing variety of unspoilt scenery and many wonderful opportunities for walking. There are no mountains but there are high places with magnificent views. The county is rich in geology and wildlife.
The gentle, undulating countryside around Blackmoor Vale and the River Stour contrasts vividly with the heathland of mid-Dorset and the outstanding natural beauty of the rugged coastline. Rolling chalk hills with ridge-top footpaths provide splendid walking; so does the Dorset Coast Path with its huge cliffs and interesting features such as Golden Cap, Durdle Door and Chesil Beach. The coast is the most popular area for visitors so venture inland if you seek remote and quiet places.
The county has a fascinating history too, dominated by the remains of prehistory. Hillforts, tumuli, earthworks and other ancient monuments are scattered across the countryside. There are also many delightful villages and country towns which are well worth visiting.
Dorset is linked inextricably with Thomas Hardy, the poet and novelist, who was born in Higher Bockhampton in 1840 and lived most of his life in the county. Hardy adopted the name of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex to give territorial definition to the world his characters inhabited and to unite his series of novels. Hardy’s Wessex was an evocation of the Dorset landscape he knew so well, ‘partly real, partly dream-country’. Lovers of Hardy’s novels and poems come here from all over the world, and an awareness of his work will add immensely to the appreciation of this area, whilst enabling the walker, travelling in a way thoroughly recommended by Hardy, to really get to know ‘remarkably well’ this ‘little bit of the world’.
Walking is a pastime which can fulfil the needs of everyone. You can adapt it to suit your own preferences and it is one of the healthiest of activities. This guide is for those who just want to walk a few miles. It really doesn’t take long to find yourself in some lovely countryside. All the walks are five miles or less so should easily be completed in under three hours. Walking can be anything from an individual pastime to a family stroll, or maybe a group of friends enjoying the fresh air and open spaces of our countryside. There is no need for walking to be competitive and, to get the most from a walk, it shouldn’t be regarded simply as a means of covering a given distance in the shortest possible time.
