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Marleycombe Barrows

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsInsects
Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.00244, -1.96896

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Pheasant, Rook, Carrion Crow +29 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pheasant, Rook, Carrion Crow +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Syrphus, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Eristalis pertinax +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Lowland meadows — wild flowers, berries and seasonal plants

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Lateral Cryphaea, Butcher's-broom, Common Spotted-orchid +1 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lateral Cryphaea, Butcher's-broom, Common Spotted-orchid +1 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cranborne Droves WayWalking route

The route of the Cranborne Droves Way walkers route between Win Green where it links with Wessex Ridgeway and Salisbury where it links with the Sarsen Way

Named routeRegional walking route
Shire RackWalking route

Path following the Dorset-Wiltshire border

Named route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Cranborne Droves Way TrailMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Marleycombe Hill

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Marleycombe Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Long barrow south-west of Vernditch ChaseHistoric site2.5 km→✦Earthworks S of Knighton Hill BuildingsHistoric site3.8 km→✦Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)Historic site4.1 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 site4.5 km→✦Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd ClumpHistoric site5 km→✦Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)Historic site2.5 km→

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