Description:A 13.5 mile (21.7km) circular walk starting in Broad Chalke and ascending to reach the Old Shaftesbury Drove to visit the Punchbowl and then descend to Compton Chamberlayne. The walk…
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Martinsell Hill and The Pewsey White Horse
Description:This 21.2 mile (34.2km) circular walk from the centre of Pewsey visits Martinsell Hill, with stunning views across the Vale of Pewsey, before descending to the Kennet and Avon Canal. …
Read MoreWoodford Valley and Stonehenge from Amesbury
Description:This 13.4 mile (21.6km) circular walk from Amesbury goes along the Woodford Valley before following droves to Druids Lodge and then passing close to Stonehenge. It returns to Amesbury along…
Read MoreBarford Down from Alderbury
Description:This 9.9 mile (15.9km) circular walk from Alderbury follows sections of the disused Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway crosses Barford Down. There are attractive downland views around this walk. A…
Read MoreFigsbury Ring and Cockey Down
Description:This 13.6 mile (21.9km) walk follows sections of the Clarendon Way and Monarch’s Way and visits the Iron Age hill fort at Figsbury Ring. It crosses Cockey Down nature reserve…
Read MoreA Circuit from Pitton to West Tytherley
Description:This 11.3 mile (18.2km) circular walk from Pitton goes through the attractive Bentley Woods and passes Norman Court to reach West Tytherley. The route returns through another section of Bentley…
Read MoreTrafalgar Park and Barford Down
Description:This 9.1 mile (14.7km) circular walk from Alderbury follows sections of the disused Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway and visits Trafalgar Park, the home of Lord Nelson’s family before crossing…
Read MoreA Roman Road and Ancient Droves from Martin Down
Description:This 19.8 mile /31.8 km circular walk from Martin Down follows tracks and the Ackling Ditch Roman Road, visiting attractive Dorset villages on the eastern edge of Cranborne Chase. Sections…
Read MoreCranborne Common from Martin Down
Description:This 18.9 mile (30.4km) circular walk crosses Martin Down and Pentridge Hill before following a track into Cranborne. From Cranborne it follows a bridleway to reach woodland at Pistle Down,…
Read MoreA Twenty Mile Circuit to Clearbury Ring
Description:This 20 mile /32.5 km circular walk from Pitton visits Trafalgar Park, once the home of Lord Nelson’s ancestors, the beautiful River Avon at Standlynch Mill and then climbs to…
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