Bere Regis to Winterborne Stickland
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. For maps, see Ordnance Survey Explorer 117 Cerne Abbas & Bere Regis.
Bere Regis (SY846950) to Winterborne Whitchurch Longmead (SY821987)
11 February 2013
A section of the Jubilee Trail from Bere Regis to Winterborne Whitchurch (approximately 4 miles as walked). Easy, clearly way-marked walking along field paths, woodland paths and farm tracks. Gentle climbs.
Despite this section being undertaken after a very wet period, diversions were not necessary. There was, however, a very wet patch near Bere Down Farm, where a 'new' pond in the field was feeding a new stream running down the field.
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| Shitterton, Bere Regis |
Despite this section being undertaken after a very wet period, diversions were not necessary. There was, however, a very wet patch near Bere Down Farm, where a 'new' pond in the field was feeding a new stream running down the field.
Bere Regis is served by a regular bus service (387) from Dorchester to Poole; Winterborne Whitchurch is served by buses from Weymouth and Dorchester to Blandford Forum and Salisbury, service 183. There is a free car at Bere Regis and the The Drax Arms public house if you need some sustenance!
We used the bus from Dorchester to reach the start of the section, with the plan to catch the bus from Milton Abbas back to Dorchester. By the time we reached Winterborne Whitchurch (Longmead), however, it was snowing and we were cold (!), so we decided to shorten our walk catch the Damory bus 183 from there back to Dorchester.
This section to be completed in due course.....
Winterborne Whitchurch Longmead (SY821987) to Winterborne Stickland (ST834047)
20 February 2013
We continued the walk the following week. There is a direct bus (Damory 40) from Winterborne Stickland to Dorchester via Winterborne Whitchurch (Longmead) - Wednesdays only for the market in Dorchester! We, therefore, did this section on a Wednesday, driving to Winterborne Whitchurch (car parking at the side of the road near the church and village stores) and then catching the aforementioned bus to the commencement of the day's walk.
The section is generally easy with only moderate ascents and decents, again clearly way-marked, along farm tracks and field and woodland paths.
The Trail begins this section by heading north across the fields, evenually reaching Milton Abbas (where there is the Hambro Arms public house and a post office). We broke the journey for a picnic lunch here at the very convenient Old Village Hall Picnic Area.
From Milton Abbas the Trail heads in a north-easterly direction starting on a surfaced trackway which enters the Forestry Commission Milton Park Wood, then following a woodland path, eventually emerging from the woodland at New Coppice. From there it is about a mile to Winterborne Stickland, where there is The Crown public house (Ringwood Brewery) and the Winterborne Stickland Post Office and Stores and St Mary's Church.
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| St Mary's Church Winterborne Stickland |
The section is generally easy with only moderate ascents and decents, again clearly way-marked, along farm tracks and field and woodland paths.
The Trail begins this section by heading north across the fields, evenually reaching Milton Abbas (where there is the Hambro Arms public house and a post office). We broke the journey for a picnic lunch here at the very convenient Old Village Hall Picnic Area.
From Milton Abbas the Trail heads in a north-easterly direction starting on a surfaced trackway which enters the Forestry Commission Milton Park Wood, then following a woodland path, eventually emerging from the woodland at New Coppice. From there it is about a mile to Winterborne Stickland, where there is The Crown public house (Ringwood Brewery) and the Winterborne Stickland Post Office and Stores and St Mary's Church.
