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North Dorset Group

We are the North Dorset Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
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Overview

Note 11.00 start time.

A different walk from previous years. Same starting place. Still very flat and so very different to the landscape of North Dorset.

We head across fields to the village of Westhay to Honeygar Farm and lunch at the Avalon Marshes Centre. Bring your own lunch or buy a hot one on the day. We walk back along a track through the Shapwick Heath reserve including a short detour to view the reconstruction of the Sweet Track, originally built in 3708 BC.

The walk ends back at the car park but this is good spot keep an eye out for the daily evening gathering of Starlings, otherwise known as a murmuration. 

Those staying for the murmuration please bring extra layers of clothing as it can get bitter just standing and waiting,

 

Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Start time:
11:00 am
Estimated finish time:
3:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
11.3km / 7.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular

Packed lunch or buy one.

Registered Assistance Dogs only.

Booking opens at 10.00 02/01/24 and closes 10.00 09/01/24

Email a contact phone number to the walk leader using the link in the black box near the top of the page.

Features

  • Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
  • Toilets available
  • Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:
ST 44941 39570
Nearest postcode:
BA6 9SX
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Start time:
11:00 am

Park at the RSPB Ham Wall reserve car park. Free for RSPB members.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking