Walking in Dorset
Lulworth - Weymouth - Time 5.5 hours - approx 8 miles - Taxi Cost £25 or X53 Bus to Osmington and walk back from there. Approx 2.5 hours.
Starting at Lulworth, we take the coastal path west heading past Bats Hole, Ringstead, Osmington, Bowleaze Cove and along the Esplanade to the Wilton. The route is Very hilly in parts but safe eneough. The scenary is breathtaking and if you are into your geology this has to be one of the finest place on earth to witness the varying stata. 160 million years of geology in this walk, Oxford Clay, Kimmerage clay, Chalk, Osmington oolite sand and mudstone.
Portland Bill to Weymouth - west coast - 4.5 hours - appox 6 miles
Take the west coastal path heading past the army barracks. The walk will take in the dissused quarries and the rugged coastline, the view approaching Chesil Beach is one of the moast stunning in the country. Chesil beach stretches 29km from Portland to Lyme regis and from the west coast path you can see most of it. The tidal lagoon and Portland Harbour sit on the opposite side of Chesil beach and its quite breathtaking. The walk takes you along the cause way onto the Rodwell trail which is a dissused railway embankment converted to a walkway. Midway along the Rodwell you pick up the coastal trail which takes you past Nothe fort, along Weymouth Harbour and back to the Esplanade.
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Walking in Dorset is a must for those looking for stunning scenery and a reasonable challenge. The South West Coastal path is one of the most beautiful walks in England. The 630 mile long, South West Coast Path, the longest of Britain's 15 National Walking Trails starts its path in Minehead, Somerset, then moves along the north coast of Devon, goes around Cornwall and Land's End, along the south coast of Devon, and then finally along the Dorset coast to Poole Harbour. The Wilton is 100 metres to the South West Coastal Path
Another route is "The Hardy Way" is a walk for admirers of Thomas Hardy as it visits many of the settings for his novels. The 213-mile walk starts at his birthplace in Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester and then proceeds through the Piddle and Frome valleys. It joins the Dorset coast between Lulworth Cove and the Encombe Valley and then goes on to Corfe Castle and Dorchester before finishing in Stinsford Church where Thomas Hardy's heart is buried.
Furthermore for walking in Dorset we have the Rodwell trail and The Purbeck and South Dorest walk. Why not combine a holiday in Weymouth with one of our great walks.
Portland has an excellent coast to coast network of public footpaths, which gives superb access to places of amazing contrasts. Join any of these walks and you will soon discover a rich variety of features, which cannot fail to leave an impression.
Every part of the landscape, every view, shows the close interaction between man and nature.
Portland has been a Royal Manor since before the conquest of 1066, and there are few places with a richer or longer history. Relics form the Stone Age, and from Roman and Saxon occupation have been found. Portland played an important role in the Civil War; the building of St Paul's Cathedral, the D-Day Landings, and even an international spy scandal in the 1960's. (This centred around the top secret Admiralty Underwater Research Establishment, now the Southwell Business Park.) Fascinating buildings
range from the historic and grand, like Portland's three castles, and its unique churches, to simple rugged stone cottages of quarrymen and fishermen, all full of charm
For more information on the South Coast Walk use
www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southwestcoastpath
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