スタルブリッジの絶景の山頂・トップ6

ベルヒル（標高258メートル）の頂上に立つと、多くの地元の人々やハイカーがブラックモア・ヴェールを代表する眺めと考える景色が広がります。この展望地点こそ、トーマス・ハーディがこの地域を「小さな酪農場の谷」と呼んだ理由を物語っています。

Great place to hike/run all year round

Pop into the cricketers pub before or after your hike it’s in the village (shroton)

The hill is now a National Nature Reserve (NNR) with common plants including milkwort, salad burnet, horseshoe vetch, squinancywort, pyramidal orchid and wild thyme. Rarer species include bastard toadflax, meadow saxifrage, early gentian and dwarf sedge. Butterflies include dingy skipper, grizzled skipper, chalkhill blue and Adonis blue. In August 2014, Hambledon Hill fort was acquired by the National Trust for £450,000. The money to buy the hill had come from a Natural England grant and a legacy gift left to benefit Dorset countryside. The hillfort is a Scheduled Monument, as is the adjacent Neolithic causewayed camp.

Hambledon Hill is a prehistoric hill fort in Dorset, England, in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum. The hill itself is a chalk outcrop, on the southwestern corner of Cranborne Chase, separated from the Dorset Downs by the River Stour. It is owned by the National Trust. Hambledon Hill is the first in a series of Iron Age earthworks,] which continues with Hod Hill, Spetisbury Rings, Buzbury Rings, Badbury Rings and Dudsbury Camp. The Iron Age port at Hengistbury Head forms a final Iron Age monument in this small chain of sites. The ramparts are a lot longer than you think, amazing fun getting around them all though.

Sandford Orcas sits beneath Holway Hill, where the summit stands at 172m. The village itself is full of English history, with the Manor house built around 1550 AD and the church of Saint Nicholas thought to be from the 13th century. Surrounded by the Dorset countryside, it is a beautiful place to explore and to embrace its distinctive characteristics.

Bulbarrow Hill is situated within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which is known for its scenic landscapes and diverse ecosystems. The hill is part of the Dorset Downs, a range of chalk hills that extend across the county. It is one of the highest points in Dorset, with an elevation of around 274 meters (899 feet) above sea level. Due to its height, it provides panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, including the rolling hills, farmland, and picturesque villages that make up the Dorset landscape.

From this vantage point you get a good idea of the scale of the three ramparts which formed the fortifications of the hill. The steep banks and ditches would have made it a formidable defensive fort.