Walks you can reach from Dorchester South by train
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Lymington Town to Brockenhurst (Hampshire)
1 hour direct from Dorchester South.
Recommended
Time: 3h30–7h
1 lunch spot: the Fleur de Lys (1h–1h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: the Snakecatcher Pub, or the Huntsman
Warnings: Can be EXTREME mud in Lymington Reeds Beds Nature Reserve.
Adapted from: The Rough Guide to Walks in London & the South East (3rd edition).
Reverse direction: the Saturday Walkers Club and Slow Ways (inc. GPX).
Wool Circular via Lulworth Cove (Dorset)
15 minutes direct from Dorchester South.
Rolling Thomas Hardy Country pastures, large woods, dairy farms, remote scenic coombes, steep chalk clifftops, rock stacks, limestone arches, caves, beautiful coves, parkland, heath and bluebell woods.
Time: 7h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Brockenhurst Circular via Lyndhurst (Hampshire)
1 hour direct from Dorchester South.
Forest inclosures and heath between the villages of Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst, with Lymington River bathing spots and spring bluebells. Strenuous.
Walk details: New Forest Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ashurst New Forest to Brockenhurst (Hampshire)
1 hour direct from Dorchester South.
Ancient woodland, open heath and inclosures, crossing the Beaulieu River past Matley and Denny Woods. Strenuous.
Matley Wood: A small but beautiful tract of ancient and ornamental New Forest woodland reached across open heath.
Denny Wood: An ancient and ornamental woodland of beech and oak flanked by ferns and surrounded by heath and wetland habitats.
Warnings: Some roadside walking with limited footpath; take care.
Walk details: New Forest Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Sway to Brockenhurst (Hampshire)
1 hour direct from Dorchester South.
Open heath and forest inclosures, a caravan park and a dead-straight stretch of the disused Castleman Corkscrew railway, now a cycle route. Strenuous.
Warnings: Some short road sections have no footpath; watch for traffic.
Walk details: New Forest Walks (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bournemouth to Poole (Hampshire)
45 minutes direct from Dorchester South.
Coastal path.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Brockenhurst to Totton (Hampshire)
1 hour direct from Dorchester South.
Christchurch to Bournemouth (Hampshire)
45 minutes direct from Dorchester South.
Coastal path, with a long section from the station to reach the coast.
Walk details: Railwalks.
New Milton to Brockenhurst (Hampshire)
1 hour direct from Dorchester South.