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Rushmore Park

✦ Ancient woodland20 ha

📷 Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha

Getting here

50.95699, -2.06025

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Toothwort, Green Alkanet, Ash +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Beech, Red Dead-nettle, Hogweed +1 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Phygadeuon trichops, Ichneumon albiger, Black Oil-beetle +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Phygadeuon trichops, Ichneumon albiger, Black Oil-beetle +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 9 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
Wessex RidgewayWalking route
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Woodward's Waypublic footpath · 433 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 433 mPath type: footway
Shire Rackpublic footpath · 1.3 km
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.3 kmPath type: footway
Ferney Waypublic footpath · 201 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 201 mPath type: service
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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway Dorset LoopCycling route
Named routeRef NB LoopLocal cycle route
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route
Named routeListed length 207km
Cranborne Droves Way TrailMountain bike route
Named route
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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Rushmore Park, bluebells

📷 Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Rushmore Park, bluebells

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦LARMER TREE GROUNDSHistoric site1.7 km→🌱Larmer Tree GardensUrban park1.7 km→✦RUSHMORE PARKHistoric site700 m→✦EarthworkHistoric site4.4 km→✦Earthworks on Gussage DownHistoric site5 km→✦Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell CottagesHistoric site800 m→

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