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Great place to hike/run all year round

Only opens from Weds to Sunday

Rural but on a lovely day this is a great section.

Try the food at the station lovely pasties

The North Dorset Trailway now extends approximately 14 miles from Sturminster Newton to Spetisbury, with a section in Stalbridge they aim to link with, providing a safe route for walkers, runners, cyclists, equestrians and people with mobility scooters. The Trailway is largely made up of sections of the old Somerset and Dorset Railway which linked Bristol and Bournemouth until the 1960s.

Shillingstone railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR), serving the village of Shillingstone in the English county of Dorset. Shillingstone is the last surviving example of a station built by the Dorset Central Railway (one of the forerunners of the S&DJR). The station closed in 1966, when services were withdrawn from the S&DJR route. Since 2001, enthusiasts have been working to re-open the station as a heritage railway attraction.[1] The main building has now been renovated, and opened to the public as a museum, shop and refreshment room in 2008.[ The station was opened on 31 August 1863 by the Somerset and Dorset Railway, although planned and designed by one of its two predecessors, the Dorset Central Railway. Initial train services were provided by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). In 1875, the Midland Railway and the LSWR together took over a joint lease of the line, forming the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.

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.

The old hill forts offer terrific views once you get towards the top but if you are riding be prepared for plenty of pushing. It isn't flat.

The village store is really handy - it sells food and drinks, and there is a bench outside where you can sit while grabbing a ten minute break

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.

On the North Dorset Trailway. Cafe here. Restored station. Very interesting. You can do the trailway on a road bike although in places.you just need to be careful

pretty village of Childe Okeford. a good pub, village store and church. You can do a walk from here to the top of Hambledon Hill Iron Age Fort with some of the greatest views in Dorset into Wiltshire.

A very impressive Iron Age hill fort.

1st and 2nd World War Memorial.

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.

The train line was removed in 1966 but this station was left. Volunteers and enthusiasts have worked here since 1997 restoring the station and laying some track in 2008. It's now a mini museum with the restored station and some rolling stock and engines. They plan to extend the track towards Sturminster Newton and eventually run a heritage railway service. The cafe and shop are open when the station is open, currently Open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 10am-4pm.

Open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 10am-4pm

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.

A tough climb, probably harder than from the East/Shroton. Rewarding views though.

Time has long forgotten Hammoon and it's an exquisite hamlet to wander around. The 16th century manor is one of the real highlights, with a two storey porch and history seeping out of its stone. One of the biggest thatched manor houses in the nation, you can practically hear Thomas Hardy's words in the air as you gaze at the architecture. Elsewhere in the village, the 17th century church is another wonderful building. Quiet and in its own world, it feels like only hikers pass through here. The Stour Valley Way passes through the village somewhat deliberately.