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Great place to hike/run all year round

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.

If you come on a wet day..... like I did, be super careful on the declines.... the grass is so slippy, and it's easy to take a little tumble n slide.

Ashmore Wood is a Forestry England area of woodland in the Cranbourne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs AONB. It's a mix of broadleaf and conifer trees with a floor rich in wildflowers. Also a great place to find fungi.

Hambledon Hill was an Iron Age hill fort with great views across the surrounding lower lying countryside. Today the area is managed by the National Trust to preserve the ancient earth works and maintain this important habitat. The sunny chalk grassland supports at least 28 species of butterfly and many rare plants. The running along or around the hill is fun, underfoot it's grippy and forgiving allowing fast descents.

A very impressive Iron Age hill fort.

Great views across Dorset from the trig point and path junction on Hambledon Hill. To the north is the iron age hill fort and burial mounds and you can see Hod Hill to the south. It's a bit of a climb up to hear from any direction but the descents are fun once you make it.

Amazing views over the Stour and Lwerne valleys, as well as Blackmore Vale and the Fontmell & Melbury Downs. Well worth a hike and picnic on a sunny day. You can even ride your bike up when dry.