🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Marsh & Ham Car Park 87m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Marsh & Ham Car Park 87m away — 20 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking· Paid
Best for
9 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hod Hill circular walk, Hod HillWalking route1.6 km▾
Hod Hill is a steep climb to the ramparts of the hillfort, followed by a moderately level walk.
Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route
Hod Hill butterfly walk, Hod HillWalking route1.6 km▾
Easiest approach involves one steep slope, alternative approach is gentler but longer. Site itself is level but uneven with little mud. Dogs welcome, but cattle are on the hill in summer and sheep in winter.
Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:45Round trip
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Church Walkpublic footpath · 79 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 79 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
East Street Lanepublic footpath · 73 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 73 mPath type: footway
Anchor Gatewaypublic footpath · 5 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
🚴
Cycling
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40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
North Dorset TrailwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network 250Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 250National Cycle Network
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route81 m▾
Named routeRef 25Length 81 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route536 m▾
Named routeRef 25Length 536 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
🚵
Mountain biking
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
🐴
Horse riding
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3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
