Once you're at this well-known junction, also known as the Dorsetshire Gap, it doesn't matter which direction you head because the landscape in this area is breathtaking.

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5.93 km

A square earthwork, about 25m each side, a raised bank about 1m above the flat surrounding ground, immediately adjacent to the Wessex Ridgeway. The reason for the earthworks has not yet been determined.

Tip by

8.11 km

Fetchum Wood

Forest

8.58 km

Plush Village

Highlight (Segment) • Settlement

An attractive small village with a number of thatched properties.

Tip by

10.7 km

Hanover Copse

Forest

16.2 km

End point

Camping Site

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.3 km

2.20 km

1.40 km

227 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.4 km

3.67 km

2.13 km

< 100 m

Elevation

Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

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