Top Dorset Walks

Brownsea Island

The largest of the islands in Poole Harbour with wonderful views, history & wildlife including rare red squirrels and birds

Corfe Castle

Standing in a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage, Corfe Castle makes a great starting point for walks in the area.

South Purbeck Cliff Walk

A walk near to Dancing Ledge, one of the best-loved spots on the Purbeck coast.

Lewesdon Hill

Highest Point

Challenge yourself with a walk to the highest point in Dorset from the small town of Broadwindsor, with views between the trees over Devon, Somerset and out to sea.

Statistics

Area	2,652km² (1,024miles²)

Town

Beaminster

Blandford Forum

Bournemouth

Bridport

Chickerell

Christchurch

Dorchester

Ferndown

Fortuneswell

Gillingham

Lyme Regis

Poole

Shaftesbury

Sherborne

Stalbridge

Sturminster Newton

Swanage

Verwood

Wareham

Weymouth

Wimborne Minster

Suburban Area

Alcester

Allington

Alum Chine

Ameysford

Bear Cross

Blandford St Mary

Boscombe

Bothenhampton

Bourne Valley

Bowleaze

Branksome

Branksome Park

Braytown

Broadstone

Broadwey

Burton

Canford Bottom

Canford Cliffs

Canford Heath

Castletown

Charlestown

Charlton on the Hill

Charminster

Chiswell

Cobb

Colehill

Columbia Farm

Coneygar

Coombe

Court Orchard

Crab Orchard

Creekmoor

Dean Park

Dewlands Common

Droop

Dudsbury

Durlston

East Brook

East Burton

East Cliff

East End

East Howe

Ebblake

Enmore Green

Ensbury

Ensbury Park

Fairmile

Foxholes

Friars Cliff

Glue Hill

Grange Estate

Haddon Hill

Ham Hill

Hamworthy

Happy Bottom

Hayes

Hengistbury Head

Herston

Highcliffe

Hillbourne

Holdenhurst

Iford

Jumpers Common

Kingston

Kinson

Lake

Lambs' Green

Lanehouse

Leigh

Lilliput

Littledown

Littlemoor

Littleton

Lodbourne

Long Cross

Longfleet

Lower Blandford St Mary

Lower Hamworthy

Manning's Heath

Melcombe Regis

Moordown

Mount Pleasant

Mudeford

Muscliffe

New Swanage

Newton

Newtown

Northbourne

Nottington

Nuffield

Oakdale

Oakley

Old Town

Overcombe

Park Gate

Peacemarsh

Pidney

Pilford

Pillwell

Pleck

Pokesdown

Portland Port

Poundbury

Preston

Purewell

Radipole

Red Hill

Redlands

Rixon

Rockley Sands

Rodwell

Rolls Mill

Romford

Rossmore

Rowlands

Sandbanks

Skilling

Sleight

Somerford

Southbourne

Southill

Southlands

Springbourne

St Catherine's Hill

St James

St Johns

St Leonard's Farm Park

Stanley Green

Stanpit

Sterte

Strouden

Sutton Poyntz

Talbot Heath

Talbot Village

Talbot Woods

Throop

Townsend

Tuckton

Turbary Common

Turlin Moor

Upper Parkstone

Upwey

Walkford

Wallisdown

Waterloo

Watton

West Bay

West Cliff

West Howe

West Southbourne

Westbourne

Westham

Wick

Winton

Wonston

Woodrow

Woolsbridge

Wych

Wyke

Wyke Regis

Village

Abbotsbury

Acton

Affpuddle

Alderholt

Alton Pancras

Alweston

Anderson

Ansty

Ashley

Ashley Heath

Ashmore

Askerswell

Beacon Hill

Bearwood

Beer Hackett

Bere Regis

Binnegar

Bishop's Caundle

Blacknoll

Bloxworth

Bourton

Bradford Abbas

Bradford Peverell

Bradpole

Briantspuddle

Broad Oak

Broadmayne

Broadwindsor

Broom Hill

Bryanston

Buckhorn Weston

Buckland Newton

Buckland Ripers

Burton Bradstock

Canford Magna

Cann

Cann Common

Catherston Leweston

Cattistock

Cerne Abbas

Chalbury Common

Chaldon Herring

Charlton Down

Charlton Marshall

Charminster

Charmouth

Chedington

Cheselbourne

Chetnole

Chettle

Chideock

Child Okeford

Church Knowle

Cold Harbour

Compton Abbas

Corfe Castle

Corfe Mullen

Corscombe

Cranborne

Cripplestyle

Crossways

Dewlish

Drimpton

Durweston

East Knighton

East Lulworth

East Morden

East Stour

Easton

Edmondsham

Evershot

Farnham

Fifehead Magdalen

Fontmell Magna

Frampton

Frome St Quintin

Furzehill

Gaunt's Common

Glanvilles Wootton

Glebeland Estate

Godmanstone

Grove

Gussage All Saints

Gussage St Michael

Guy's Marsh

Halstock

Hampreston

Harman's Cross

Hartgrove

Hazelbury Bryan

Henbury

Hermitage

Higher Ansty

Higher Bockhampton

Hilton

Hinton Martell

Hinton St Mary

Holt

Holt Wood

Holton Heath

Holwell

Hooke

Horton

Hurn

Ibberton

Iwerne Minster

Kimmeridge

King's Stag

Kingston

Kington Magna

Langton Herring

Langton Long Blandford

Langton Matravers

Leigh

Litton Cheney

Loders

Lodge Copse Estate

Long Bredy

Long Crichel

Longburton

Longham

Lower Eype

Lulworth Cove

Lydlinch

Lytchett Matravers

Lytchett Minster

Maiden Newton

Mannington

Manston

Manswood

Mappowder

Marnhull

Marshalsea

Melbury Abbas

Melbury Osmond

Melplash

Merley

Milborne St Andrew

Milton Abbas

Milton on Stour

Morcombelake

Moreton

Mosterton

Motcombe

Nether Compton

Netherbury

Nettlecombe

New Town

Oborne

Okeford Fitzpaine

Osmington

Osmington Mills

Over Compton

Owermoigne

Pentridge

Piddlehinton

Piddletrenthide

Pimperne

Plush

Portesham

Powerstock

Poyntington

Puddletown

Pulham

Puncknowle

Purse Caundle

Pymore

Rampisham

Ridge

Ryall

Ryme Intrinseca

Salway Ash

Sandford

Sandford Orcas

Seaborough

Shapwick

Shillingstone

Shipton Gorge

Shroton

Sixpenny Handley

South Perrott

Southwell

Spetisbury

St Ives

Stinsford

Stoborough

Stoborough Green

Stoke Abbott

Stone

Stour Provost

Stour Row

Stourpaine

Stourton Caundle

Stratton

Studland

Sturminster Marshall

Sutton Waldron

Swyre

Sydling St Nicholas

Symondsbury

Tarrant Gunville

Tarrant Hinton

Tarrant Keyneston

Tarrant Monkton

Tarrant Rushton

Thorncombe

Thornford

Tincleton

Todber

Toller Porcorum

Tollerford

Tolpuddle

Trent

Trickett's Cross

Uploders

Upton

Walditch

Warmwell

Waytown

West Bexington

West Knighton

West Lulworth

West Milton

West Moors

West Parley

West Stafford

West Stour

Weston

Whitchurch Canonicorum

White Lackington

Whitmore

Wimborne St Giles

Winfrith Newburgh

Winkton

Winterborne Houghton

Winterborne Kingston

Winterborne St Martin

Winterborne Stickland

Winterborne Whitechurch

Winterborne Zelston

Winterbourne Abbas

Witchampton

Woodlands

Woodyates

Wool

Woolford's Water

Woolland

Wootton Fitzpaine

Worgret

Worth Matravers

Yetminster

Hamlet

Adam's Green

Adber

Aller

Almer

Ansty Cross

Arne

Ash

Ashington

Athelhampton

Atrim

Avon Common

Bagber

Batcombe

Bedchester

Belchalwell

Belchalwell Street

Benville

Bettiscombe

Bincombe

Birch Close

Bishop's Down

Blackdown

Blackney

Bookham

Boveridge

Bowridge Hill

Boys Hill

Broadoak

Brockhampton Green

Bugley

Burleston

Burngate

Burstock

Burton

Cashmoor

Caundle Wake

Chalbury

Chalmington

Chilcombe

Chilfrome

Clapgate

Clift

Coldharbour

Colesbrook

Combe Almer

Compton Valence

Coombe Keynes

Coryates

Cosmore

Cowgrove

Creech Bottom

Crendell

Cross Lanes

Cruxton

Dean

Deanend

Deanland

Dottery

Dunbury

Duntish

East Bloxworth

East Chelborough

East Creech

East Holme

East Melbury

East Orchard

East Pulham

Eccliffe

Farrington

Fiddleford

Fifehead Neville

Fifehead St Quintin

Filford

Fishpond Bottom

Folke

Forston

Friar Waddon

Furzebrook

Galton

Gannetts

Gaunts

Goathill

God's Blessing Green

Gore

Gotham

Grange

Greenham

Grimstone

Gussage St Andrew

Hamlet

Hammoon

Hanford

Hartmoor

Haydon

Hedge End

Hemsworth

Henley

Higher Chalmington

Higher Coombe

Higher Eype

Higher Halstock Leigh

Higher Holnest

Higher Kingcombe

Higher Melcombe

Higher Nyland

Higher Row

Higher Sandford

Higher Totnell

Higher Whatcombe

Higher Wraxall

Hillbutts

Hinton Parva

Holditch

Holmebridge

Holnest

Holt Heath

Holway

Holworth

Holywell

Horton Heath

Huish

Huntingford

Hursey

Hurst

Ilsington

Kingsland

Kingston Russell

Kit Hill

Knackers Hole

Knighton

Knob's Crook

Lake

Lane End

Langham

Laymore

Leigh

Lewcombe

Leweston

Lillington

Little Ansty

Little Canford

Little Woolgarston

Littlebredy

Littlewindsor

Loscombe

Lower Ansty

Lower Bockhampton

Lower Halstock Leigh

Lower Kingcombe

Lower Mannington

Lower Nyland

Lower Row

Lower Street

Lower Strode

Lower Whatcombe

Lower Wraxall

Lyon's Gate

Madjeston

Mangerton

Mapperton

Margaret Marsh

Marshwood

Meerhay

Melbury Bubb

Melbury Sampford

Melcombe Bingham

Merriott

Merritown

Middle Bockhampton

Miles Cross

Minchington

Minterne Magna

Monkton Up Wimborne

Moor Crichel

Moorbath

Moorside

Muckleford

Nether Cerne

Netherhay

Netherstoke

New Town

Newland

Newton Peveril

Norden

North Bockhampton

North Bowood

North Chideock

North End

North Poorton

North Wootton

Notton

Organford

Osehill Green

Oxbridge

Pallington

Parley Green

Penn

Pig Oak

Pilsdon

Pimperne

Pleck

Pleck Green

Poolestown

Portland Bill

Portway

Post Green

Poxwell

Primrose Hill

Puxey

Quarr

Redbridge

Redford

Rew

Ringstead

Rivers' Corner

Rodden

Rushton

Sandhills

Sandpit

School House

Seatown

Shaggs

Sharnhill Green

Shave Cross

Shitterton

Shothole

Silkhay

Silton

Slepe

Sockety

South Bockhampton

South Bowood

South Poorton

Southover

Stafford's Green

Stalbridge Weston

Stallen

Stanbridge

Steeple

Steepleton Iwerne

Stoborough Heath

Stockwood

Stoke Wake

Stokeford

Stubhampton

Sutton Holms

Tarrant Launceston

The Borough

The Common

The Folly

The Mount

Thornicombe

Three Gates

Throop

Tollard Farnham

Toller Fratrum

Toller Whelme

Totnell

Turners Puddle

Turnworth

Twyford

Ulwell

Up Cerne

Up Sydling

Uphall

Uppington

Upton

Waddon

Walton Elm

Warren

West Bourton

West Chaldon

West Chelborough

West Compton

West End

West Holme

West Hurn

West Melbury

West Morden

West Orchard

West Pulham

West Shilvinghampton

West Woodsford

Westfields

Westford

Weston

Whitcombe

White Moor

Whitecross

Whitefield

Wigbeth

Winterborne Came

Winterborne Clenston

Winterborne Herringston

Winterborne Monkton

Winterborne Muston

Winterborne Tomson

Winterbourne Steepleton

Woodbridge

Woodcutts

Woodrow

Woodsford

Woodville

Woolcombe

Woolgarston

Wooth

Wynford Eagle

Yondover

Other Settlement

Avon Castle

Bingham's Melcombe

Birdsmoorgate

Caundle Marsh

Chilbridge

Cocknowle

Coker's Frome

Creech

Crooked Withies

Daggons

East Holton

East Parley

East Shilvinghampton

East Stoke

Fleet

Folly

Gibbs Marsh

Haydon

Haythorne

Hill Street

Hopsfield

Hummer

Kingston Maurward

Kitford

Knowlton

Matchams

Middlemarsh

Minterne Parva

Pamphill

Quarleston

Spyway

St Leonards

Tarrant Crawford

Tarrant Rawston

Three Legged Cross

Tyneham

Winyard's Gap

Woodbridge

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