Getting here
50.98318, -1.95072
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
4
4 named nearby
Named route
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Cycling
2
2 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
2
2 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
10
10 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Cranborne Droves Way · Walking0
Wiltshire Cycleway · Cycling155 km
National Byway · Cycling0
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail · Mountain bike0
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
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Parking
Martin Down Upper Car Park · Free · 326m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common DownHistoric site4 km→✦Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin DownHistoric site2 km→✦Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)Historic site3.9 km→✦Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd ClumpHistoric site4.1 km→✦Earthworks S of Knighton Hill BuildingsHistoric site4.2 km→✦Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)Historic site400 m→