Terrain - Sandy and stony tracks. Can get very muddy and boggy if wet. Map – OL 15 Purbeck and South Dorset Start – There are a few car parks along Sugar Hill. Gore Heath also has its own car park. There are also a number of pull-ins scattered around the forest. Refreshments –The Silent … Continue reading Wareham Forest bike ride
Terrain - Track and road. Map - OS Explorer 117 Cerne Abbas and Bere Regis Start – Two official car parks and a few large laybys surround the forest. Refreshments – National Trust Café at Thomas Hardy’s Cottage Puddletown Forest sits in between the country town of Dorchester and the small village of Puddletown. Originally … Continue reading Puddletown Forest Bike ride
Travelling through Thomas's Hardy's Vale of the Little Dairies Distance: 16 miles/23km - shorter or longer routes optional (see map)Time: 3 hoursTotal climb: 400ftMax height: 300ftMin height: 160ftTerrain: Road.Exertion: Easy.Start: At The Crown Inn in Marnhull (DT10 1LH).Map: OS Explorer 129 Yeovil and Sherborne.How to get there: From Sturminster Newton, travel north on the B3092. … Continue reading The Crown Inn, Marnhull Bike Ride
This second part of the Wessex Ridgeway bike ride begins high on Okeford Hill with views stretching across both south and north Dorset. Travel along the ridge of Ibberton and Bulbarrow to reach the Iron Age Hillfort of Rawlsbury Camp. Cycle downhill into the first valley to rise again at the ancient junction of Dorsetshire … Continue reading The Wessex Ridgeway, part two. Okeford Hill to Alton Pancras.
Originally part of the Somerset and Dorset Railway line, the trailway stretches from Sturminster Newton to Blandford Forum. It traces the majority of the old railway line, with only a few diversions, due to modern development. The route is a mix of tarmac and gravel so easily accessible to all, cyclists, walkers, riders and wheelchairs. … Continue reading The North Dorset Trailway
Starting the Wessex Ridgeway in Dorset at Ashmore, the highest village in the county, make your way through woodland and down into the Tarrant Valley. Pass an ancient hidden deer park and use historic smuggling routes that linked the coast to town via Cranborne Chase. Climb the mighty Iron Age hillfort of Hambledon Hill, to … Continue reading Bike ride. The Wessex Ridgeway, part one. Ashmore to Okeford Hill.
Distance - 10 miles Duration - 2 hours. Exertion - Easy Terrain - Path, track and road. Max height - 300ft Min height - 110ft Total climb - 350ft Map - OS Explorer 118 Shaftesbury and Cranborne Chase Start - Badbury Rings car park (Postcode: BH21 4DZ, Grid Reference: ST960030, What Three words: additives.vouch.ticked) Refreshments … Continue reading Badbury Rings Bike ride
Distance - 7 miles Duration - 2 hours. Exertion - Hard Terrain - Path, track and road. Dogs - Be aware of livestock and keep to the countryside code. Map - OS Explorer 116 Lyme Regis and Bridport Start - Colmers Estate car park Symondsbury Refreshments - None on route Walk Parking in the Colmer's … Continue reading Symondsbury Bike ride
