Below are just a few of our favourite places to walk in Dorset. Simply click on the link to find out route information, distance and a place to stop along the way.
Best dog walks
Buddy at Durdle Door (Image: Archant)
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Moordown and Redhill Park
Crocus in bloom on Redhill Common Local Nature Reserve a precious fragment of the ancient heath that covered this area (Image: Archant)
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Canford Heath Nature Reserve
Looking over the open heath towards 'Gas Corral' crossing (Image: Archant)
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Bronkham Hill and Martinstown
Barrow and ditch on Bronkham Hill (Image: Archant)
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Kimmeridge and Rope Lake Head
View from Swyre Head with Clavell Tower in the distance on the headland (Image: Archant)
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Christchurch blue plaque walk
Your starting point at Place Mill (Image: Archant)
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Hampton Hill
Looking atmospheric in the early morning mist - the Durnovaria aqueduct stream running through the valley (Image: Archant)
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Wimborne Minster and Leigh Common
River Stour suspension footbridge (Image: Archant)
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Gore Hill and Up Cerne
The double avenue into Up Cerne (Image: Archant)
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Swanage and Herston
Ballard Down from Swanage Promenade (Image: Archant)
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West Lulworth and Daggers Gate
Durdle Door (Image: Archant)
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Southbourne Beach and Aerodrome
Steps leading onto the Promenade by the beach (Image: Archant)
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Shillingstone and Okeford Hill
Riders enjoy the views from Okeford Hill (Image: Archant)
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Bournemouth
Decimus Burton designed the Lower Pleasure Gardens in 1873 (Image: Archant)
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Tyneham and Flower’s Barrow
Lulworth Castle seen from Flower's Barrow earthworks (Image: Archant)
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Corfe Mullen and Sleight
Hazy summer day views to Poole Harbour from Upton Heath (Image: Archant)
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Seatown and Golden Cap
View to Lyme Regis from the South West Coat Path (Image: Archant)
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Iford Bridge, Bere Mead and St Catherine’s Hill
Enjoy sennsational views from the ridge over the River Avon flood plain (Image: Archant)
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Wimborne Minster and Pamphill
The River Stour viewed from Eye Bridge (Image: Archant)
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Bradford Abbas & Ryme Intrinseca
Mill Lane to Bradford Abbas Mill (Image: Archant)
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Beaminster and Storridge Hill
Views to Langdon Hill and Lyme Regis (Image: Archant)
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Tarrant Rushton & Manswood
Fine views over the Tarrant Valley (Image: Archant)
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Christchurch Town Trail
The ruins of the Norman Castle (Image: Archant)
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Ferndown and Parley Common
The view over Parley Common one of the last remnants of Dorset ancient heath (Image: Archant)
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Sandford Heath and Gore Heath
Sandford Heath (Image: Archant)
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Abbotsbury Castle and Ashley Chase
Wear's Hill beacon and Portland (Image: Archant)
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Poole Bay and Evening Hill
View to Old Harry from Evening Hill (Image: Archant)
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Chaldon Herring and Chaldon Down
Holworth House and barn (Image: Archant)
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Updated by Martha Griffiths in May 2021.
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