Parnham Park (Beaminster) to Black Down (Kingston Russell)

 

For detailed descriptions of the Trail with maps, see the booklet The Dorset Jubilee Trail - A Rambler's Guide © Dorset Area of the Ramblers' Association 2008. See Ordnance Survey Getamap for mapping.

Parnham Park to Coombe Down & Gold Hill (Round)
29 January 2012

A circular walk along farmland path- and bridleways with a stretch on Whitcombe Road (B3163),  There may not be any way-marking at Gold Hill, so careful navigation may be needed between SY490997 and ST491003.  Walk distance approximately 3½ miles.

Car parking is available in the lay-by where Jubilee Trail crosses A3066 (ST478003) or in Beaminster (car park charges may apply).  Refreshments and shops in Beaminster.

Beaminster is served by regular bus services to/from Bridport, Crewkerne, Crewkerne Station and Yeovil.

Gold Hill to Mapperton
11 June 2011

This section was covered in a round walk from Beaminster to Mapperton returning to Beaminster via Storridge Hill, Whitcombe Farm and Whitcombe Road.

Walk published in No Through Road: first edition copyright © 1975 Drive Publications Limited, Walk 19.

 

Mapperton to Kingston Russell (from Melplash)
12 April 2012

A Linear walk from Melplash (The Half Moon) to the main A35 road at Kingston Russell (via Mapperton and Toller Pocorum) (14½ miles).  The route follows country lanes, field and woodland paths and rural trackways.  There is one steep climb at Wynford Wood.  Some careful navigation may be needed.

 

I caught the bus from Bridport to the start of the walk in Melplash, which is served by regular bus services to and from Bridport, Beaminster, Crewkerne and Yeovil.  At Kingston Russell I returned to Bridport by bus.  There is a Monday to Saturday hourly bus service to Dorchester and Weymouth (east) and Bridport, Lyme Regis and Axminster (west).

The walk could be split at Toller Pocorum, where there in a limited bus service. Careful planning is necessary to do this option.

 

Refreshments may be available at the cafe at the Kingcombe Field Study Centre; the public house, however, at Toller Porcorum was closed when I did the walk and there was no sign that it would be reopening within the foreseeable future.  There are normally no refreshment opportunities between Toller Porcorum and Kingston Russell.