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Soldier's Ring

14 ha

📷 Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

50.95753, -1.88483

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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

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Brimstone, Small Heath +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Wood Avens, Early Dog-violet, Traveller's-joy +20 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wood Avens, Early Dog-violet, Traveller's-joy +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — White Dead-nettle, White Helleborine, Henbit Dead-nettle

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route
Named route
Cranborne Droves Way TrailMountain bike route
Named route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The Waiting Guns at Soldiers Ring

📷 Maigheach-gheal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Waiting Guns at Soldiers Ring

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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 site1.5 km→✦BOVERIDGE HOUSE SCHOOLHistoric site3.3 km→✦Medieval manorial buildings (uninhabited parts)Historic site3.5 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 site3.7 km→✦Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd ClumpHistoric site4.8 km→✦Knoll Camp hillfort, cross dyke, linear earthwork and hollow ways near Damerham KnollHistoric site1.9 km→

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