Dorset Walks

2007 - 2008 Programme of walks
around South Dorset
with Bob Ford




Just turn up at any of the walks you want to; £3.00 per walk.
Each walk (apart from the all day walks) lasts approx. 90 minutes and covers 1 - 2 miles.

click on the map references to see a map showing each starting point

reports archive ...

2 Wednesdays in September:
12th, 19th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday September 28th 2.30 pm - 4.00 pm
Swyre Head, Kingston

Meet at the car park approx 1 mile west of Kingston,
map reference SY943793 (see map)

5 Wednesdays in October:
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday October 26th 2.30 pm
Chaldon Herring (East Chaldon)  see trip report
Meet in the car park just east of the village,
map reference SY796834 (see map)

5 Wednesdays in November:
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday November 30th 2.30 pm
Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury
Meet in the main village car park,
map reference SY579852 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in December:
5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday December 28th 2.30 pm
Chesil Beach, West Bexington  see trip report
Meet in the car park on the beach,
map reference SY531864 (see map)

5 Wednesdays in January:
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday January 25th 2.30 pm
Rodwell Trail and Portland Harbour
  see trip report
Meet at the far end of Old Castle Road near the beach,
map reference SY672771 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in February:
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday February 29th 2.30 pm
Great Ovens Hill, Sandford  see trip report
Meet in the car park on the left side of the road from Sandford to Sherford, about 1 mile north of Sandford,
map reference SY923904 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in March:
5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday March 28th 2.30 pm
Loscombe,   see trip report
Meet in the DWT car park in the field on the right at the end of the road into Loscombe,
map reference SY502979 (see map)
4 Wednesdays in April:
2nd, 9th, 23rd, 30th (no walk on 16th)
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday April 25th 2.30 pm
Chesil Beach, Cogden  see trip report
Meet in the car park near the beach,
map reference SY503883 (see map)

3 Wednesdays in May:
14th, 21st, 28th (no walk on 7th)
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Saturday May 10th 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
All-day walk on Portland, including Tout Quarry Sculpture Park, The Drill Hall, St Peter's Church and Kingbarrow Quarry, with lunch at the Clifton Hotel, Grove Road
Meet at New Ground car park, near The Heights Hotel
map reference SY691731 (see map)

Friday May 30th 2.30 pm
Bracket's Coppice
Meet in the DWT car park in the field on the right of the road between Corscombe and Higher Halstock Leigh,
map reference ST515067 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in June:
4th, 11th, 18th (no walk on 25th)
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday June 27th 9.00 pm
Tadnoll Heath, Winfrith
Meet at the reserve entrance on Redbridge Road between East Knighton and Crossways,
map reference SY791877 (see map)

3 Wednesdays in July:
2nd, 23rd, 30th (no walk on 9th or 16th)
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday July 25th 2.30 pm
Ferrybridge and Rodwell Trail
Meet in the Chesil Beach Centre car park,
map reference SY668756 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in August:
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Saturday August 2nd 09.00 am
Wild Flowers on the Rodwell Trail

Meet on the Rodwell Trail at the end of Dover Road
map reference SY670769 (see map)

Friday August 29th 2.30 pm
Sutton Poyntz
Meet by the village pond,
map reference SY706838 (see map)

Saturday September 6th 09.00 am
Autumn migrants on the Rodwell Trail

Meet on the Rodwell Trail at the end of Dover Road
map reference SY670769 (see map)

Sunday September 7th 10.00 am
World Walk for Myasthenia Gravis
In aid of MGA (see their website)
Meet at the Jubilee Hall, Easton, Portland
map reference SY689719 (see map)


For more information or telephone 01305 750118 or 07980967473 (mobile).

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