Walking and Cycling in Dorset - Long Distance / Waymarked Trails and Tracks

Avon Valley Path (Wiltshire to Dorset) 34-miles - walk the route between Salisbury in Wiltshire and Christchurch in Dorset - also see Archive PDF Download

Castleman Trailway 16.5 mile - "follows much of the old Southampton to Dorchester railway line" (8 downloadable route sections)

Cerne Valley Way 26 miles - This circular walk follows the course of the river, from near its source to the River Frome - also see Archive PDF Download

Frome Valley Trail 16 miles - between Evershot and Dorchester - Archive PDF Download (Cycle) and walking Archive PDF Download (Walk 1)Archive PDF Download (Walk 2)Archive PDF Download (Walk 3)

Monarch's Way - 615 miles long distance route following the route of King Charles II

North Dorset Trailway 7.5 miles - walking, cycling and horse riding - along the route of the old Somerset and Dorset Railway line - see also (old) Archive PDF Download

Purbeck Way 28 miles - between Wareham Quay and Ballard Down (near Swanage) or Chapman's Pool (near Worth Matravers)

South West Coast Path 630 miles - between Somerset's Minehead on the edge of Exmoor and Poole Harbour in Dorset

Stour Valley Way 64 miles - follows the course of the river

Wareham Forest Way 13 miles - between Wareham to Sturminster Marshall

Wessex Ridgeway Trail 62.5 miles - walking, cycling and horse riding trail between Ashmore and Lyme Regis - see also Archive PDF Download

Lawrence of Arabia Trail 6.75 miles - circular trail starts and finishes at Bovington's famous Tank Museum - see also Archive PDF Download

Archived PDF download - Enid Blyton trail

Archived PDF download - Hardy Trail

Rambleon by Ramblerman – for walking festivals and walk / cycle tacks and trails

For more information on wheelchair / buggy accessible walks in Dorset see www.accessiblecountryside.org.uk/dorset

Cycle Hire in Dorset

Charlie The Bikemonger - Cycle Hire in Swanage

Front Bike Hire - on Bournemouth seafront

Jurassic Electric - local guided tours by electric bike

Jurassic Trails Cycle Hire, Preston Beach, Weymouth

Kool Cycle Hire - West Cliff Road, Bournemouth

Moors Valley Cycle Hire - Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, Horton Road, Ashley Heath, Ringwood - trailers, tag-a-longs, wheelchair bike

On Yer Bike - Bike Hire In Bournemouth

Purbeck Cycle Hire - Cyclexperience, Wareham Station, Northport, Wareham, Dorset

Weymouth Bike Hire - Weymouth Bike Hire deliver and collect in Weymouth, Portland, Dorchester areas

Dorset Cycles - Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton

Dorset Cyclelife - Poundbury - electric bike hire