Walks from Tisbury
Wiltshire · South West England
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Tisbury Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Tisbury by train.
Tisbury Circular via Hindon
Dry chalky U-shaped downland valleys, wooded ridges, grassy valleys, picturesque villages, rolling hills and river valley.
Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tisbury Circular via Donhead St. Andrew
Rolling downland, wooded estates, large country parks, open ridges, Neolithic hill fort, steep descents and unspoilt village.
Time: 7h30 (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tisbury Circular via Dinton and Fovant
Nadder Valley, undulating West Wiltshire Downs, grassy U-shaped valleys, bluebell woods, wildflower meadows, pastures and chalk downland.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tisbury Circular via Alvediston
Chalky downland valleys, open hilltops, coombes, wooded Iron Age hill fort, undulating countryside and expansive views.
Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Plenty of ascent.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tisbury Circular via Ludwell
Upper Nadder Valley, Wardour Park, rolling downland, steep chalk escarpments, ridge walking, woods, boggy brook crossings and unspoilt village.
Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: Steep rough descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Tisbury to Salisbury
Beautiful; picturesque. Riverside path and flat and easy-going.
Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Mompesson House (National Trust; 6h30 in)
Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Walk details: Railwalks.
Gillingham to Tisbury
Warminster to Tisbury
Fabulous walking through interesting places and with some lovely views. Wonderful varied walking on back lanes, field paths and well-used dirt tracks and climbing onto the chalk plain for lovely views. A short steep climb out of Fonthill Gifford; a muddy bridleway through Eastleigh Woods toward Warminster (a drier signposted alternative exists).
Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
Warnings: A stretch along the fast, relatively busy B3089 east of Hindon has no verge; the crossing of the A303 needs care and patience (sightlines are good).
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Tisbury Circular via Chiselbury Iron Age Hillfort
Nadder Valley, undulating West Wiltshire Downs, grassy valleys, bluebell woods, wildflower meadows, chalk downland and Fovant Down hilltop.
Time: 9h (7h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Source: A longer variant of Tisbury Circular via Dinton and Fovant (Saturday Walkers Club).