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North Dorset Group

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

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 quarterly 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

Much of the walk will be in dappled shade of tree cover and what is not offers wide ranging views of chalk downland.

We walk across Woodcuts Common where Pitt Rivers, grandfather of modern archaeology, discovered a Romano-British village. On past Scrubbity Barrows, along the Shire Rack (ancient county border), and finally back to the club house for a private lunch along Chase Avenue.

Hopefully the White Admiral and Dark Green Fritillary (it is bright orange!) butterflies will be displaying in the woodland glades.

Please book early so I can send you the lunch options as the clubhouse would like to know our choices a few days before we walk.

Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
2:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.9km / 7.4mi
Ascent:
190.5m / 625ft
Type:
circular

Lunch in Rushmore Golf Club clubhouse afterwards, coffee break only.

Registered Assistance Dogs only.

Booking opens at 10.00  12/06/24 and closes 10.00 25/06/24

Email a contact phone number to the walk leader using the link in the black box near the top of the page.

Features

  • Toilets available
  • Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:
ST 95755 18827
Nearest postcode:
SP5 5QB
what3words:
weekends.craftsman.chose
Start time:
10:00 am

Overflow car park at Rushmore Golf Club, Tollard Royal.

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 quarterly 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