
Dorset and the New Forest
A Motorhome, Campervan and Caravan Touring Guide to the New Forest and the Jurassic Coast, with Walks, Real Maps and the Pubs at the End of Them
Six touring bases across Dorset and the New Forest, from Brockenhurst and the northern commons to Purbeck, Lulworth, Golden Cap and Kingston Lacy, each one a place to stay for a few nights without moving the van. For every base you get somewhere to pitch, walks with the official distances, and a pub near the end of them.
- 27 walks with the official distances, from the Tall Trees Trail and Hale Purlieu to Old Harry Rocks, Durdle Door, Tyneham, Golden Cap and Badbury Rings
- A real map and a free GPX route for every walk, with a QR code on the walk page to find it
- A driving map for every base, with Forestry England's car-park hours and the Dorset car parks that close to vans at night
- Campsites for motorhomes, campervans and caravans, checked and dated, with van length limits, club sites and caravan bans flagged
- Dog rules walk by walk, from ponies in the Forest to the beaches that take dogs only in winter
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The bases
- Brockenhurst and the southern Forest
- Fritham and the northern Forest
- Corfe Castle, Studland and the Purbeck cliffs
- Lulworth and the Jurassic Coast
- Golden Cap, Seatown and Chesil
- Kingston Lacy and the Stour
The walks, as routes for your phone
- 1A Brockenhurst village walk 8.0 km · Not graded
- 1B Tall Trees Trail 2.3 km · Accessible
- 1C Bolderwood, the Radnor Trail 3.0 km · Not graded
- 1D Boldre village walk 6.9 km · Not graded
- 1E Knightwood Oak stroll 0.6 km · Accessible
- 2A Hale Purlieu figure of eight 4.8 km · Moderate
- 2B Walk to the Huff Duff 6.6 km · Moderate
- 2C A short stroll around Hightown 2.0 km · Easy
- 2D Frankenbury hill fort 5.3 km · Not graded
- 3A Old Harry Rocks 6.2 km · Moderate
- 3B The Agglestone 5.3 km · Easy
- 3C Corfe Common history walk 3.3 km · Moderate
- 3D Spyway sea saunter 2.3 km · Easy
- 3E South Purbeck cliffs 8.2 km · Moderate
- 4A Durdle Door and White Nothe 11.1 km · Challenging
- 4B Lulworth's Fossil Forest 3.2 km · Moderate
- 4C Bindon Hill 6.5 km · Moderate
- 4D Tyneham and Flower's Barrow 6.0 km · Moderate
- 5A Langdon Hill 2.1 km · Easy
- 5B Stonebarrow 2.7 km · Easy
- 5C The Cogden circular 3.6 km · Easy
- 5D West Bexington nature walk 3.4 km · Easy
- 5E Burton Bradstock coast path 1.5 km · Easy
- 6A Kingston Lacy woodland 4.5 km · Easy
- 6B White Mill and the Droves 5.8 km · Moderate
- 6C Badbury Rings and The Oaks 5.5 km · Moderate
- 6D White Mill and Shapwick 6.9 km · Moderate
Ruth spent 30 years organising school trips. Colin is a mechanic and engineer who has never owned fewer than two maps of anywhere. They bought their first campervan at 50 and wrote the guide they wished they'd had in the glovebox.