Nigel Vile is the author of many popular walking guides, including Wiltshire – A Dog Walker’s Guide and Bristol and Bath – A Dog Walker’s Guide.

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• Area mapIntroductionAdvice for Dog WalkersTHE WALKS1Fontmell Down and Melbury Hill (4½ miles);2Pentridge and Cranborne Chase (4 miles);3Badbury Rings (4 miles);4Hod Hill (3 miles);5Milton Abbas (6 miles);6The Cerne Abbas Giant (3 miles);7Sydling St Nicholas (5½ miles);8Pilsdon Pen (3 miles);9Stonebarrow Hill (5 miles);10West Bay and Burton Bradstock (4½ miles);11Abbotsbury and Chesil Beach (5 miles);12Hardy Monument (4½ miles);13Hardy’s Cottage and Puddletown Forest (4 miles);14Portland Bill (3½ miles);15Ringstead Bay (4½ miles);16Tolpuddle (6 miles);17Wareham Forest (4 miles);18Corfe Castle (3 miles);19Studland and Old Harry (4 miles);20St Adhelm’s Head (4 miles).APPENDIX: Contact details for vets close to the walks

Nigel Vile is the author of many popular walking guides, including Wiltshire – A Dog Walker’s Guide and Bristol and Bath – A Dog Walker’s Guide.

Select Guide Rating

• Area mapIntroductionAdvice for Dog WalkersTHE WALKS1Fontmell Down and Melbury Hill (4½ miles);2Pentridge and Cranborne Chase (4 miles);3Badbury Rings (4 miles);4Hod Hill (3 miles);5Milton Abbas (6 miles);6The Cerne Abbas Giant (3 miles);7Sydling St Nicholas (5½ miles);8Pilsdon Pen (3 miles);9Stonebarrow Hill (5 miles);10West Bay and Burton Bradstock (4½ miles);11Abbotsbury and Chesil Beach (5 miles);12Hardy Monument (4½ miles);13Hardy’s Cottage and Puddletown Forest (4 miles);14Portland Bill (3½ miles);15Ringstead Bay (4½ miles);16Tolpuddle (6 miles);17Wareham Forest (4 miles);18Corfe Castle (3 miles);19Studland and Old Harry (4 miles);20St Adhelm’s Head (4 miles).APPENDIX: Contact details for vets close to the walks

Nigel Vile is the author of many popular walking guides, including Wiltshire – A Dog Walker’s Guide and Bristol and Bath – A Dog Walker’s Guide.

Select Guide Rating

• Area mapIntroductionAdvice for Dog WalkersTHE WALKS1Fontmell Down and Melbury Hill (4½ miles);2Pentridge and Cranborne Chase (4 miles);3Badbury Rings (4 miles);4Hod Hill (3 miles);5Milton Abbas (6 miles);6The Cerne Abbas Giant (3 miles);7Sydling St Nicholas (5½ miles);8Pilsdon Pen (3 miles);9Stonebarrow Hill (5 miles);10West Bay and Burton Bradstock (4½ miles);11Abbotsbury and Chesil Beach (5 miles);12Hardy Monument (4½ miles);13Hardy’s Cottage and Puddletown Forest (4 miles);14Portland Bill (3½ miles);15Ringstead Bay (4½ miles);16Tolpuddle (6 miles);17Wareham Forest (4 miles);18Corfe Castle (3 miles);19Studland and Old Harry (4 miles);20St Adhelm’s Head (4 miles).APPENDIX: Contact details for vets close to the walks