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South Dorset Group

We are the South Dorset Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

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Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
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Overview

We start from near Thorncombe Farm and rise slowly past Lyscombe Bottom. We then drop down to the pretty hamlet of Plush before rising again until we reach the Wessex Ridgeway. We go past Ball Hill and onwards to the Dorsetshire Gap, passing close to Higher Melcombe before returning via Lyscombe Farm and Chapel.

This is a hilly walk through beautiful, undeveloped Dorset countryside.

Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
3:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
16.9km / 10.5mi
Ascent:
466m / 1529ft
Type:
circular

Picnic lunch

No dogs.

Please check the website on the evening before the walk (after 7pm) for the unlikely event that the walk needs to be cancelled for any reason (eg, bad weather)

 

Features

  • Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:
ST 73306 00446
Nearest postcode:
DT2 7RF
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Start time:
10:00 am

Car parking area near Thorncombe Farm just off Drake’s Lane which is the road going east from Piddletrenthide.towards Cheselbourne

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking