Contents
Going Slow in Dorset.......................................................7
Dorset 9, Some practical matters 12, Making the most of Slow Dorset 14
1 North Dorset - the Blackmore Vale,
Cranborne Chase & Sherborne..................................31
Getting there & around 32, The Blackmore Vale 35, Cranborne Chase 73,
Sherborne & around 82
2 Dorchester & the Piddle & Frome va lleys............93
Getting there & around 94, Dorchester & around 97, North from Dorchester
towards the Blackmore Vale 111, The Piddle Valley & Bere Regis 115,
The Frome Valley 125, Bulbarrow Hill, Milton Abbas & surrounds 130
3 The Marshwood Vale & West Dorset......................139
Getting there & around 140, Lyme Regis to Bridport & West Bay 142, East of Bridport
via the Bride Valley to Abbotsbury 161, From the Somerset border to the
Marshwood Vale 172, Eastwards from Beaminster 175
4 Weymouth & the Southern Coast............................183
Getting there & around 184, West of Weymouth, including Chesil Beach 187,
The Isle of Portland 197, East of Weymouth 204
5 Isle of Purbeck................................................................209
Getting there & around 210, Wareham to Swanage & north of the A351 216,
Beyond Swanage to Lulworth Cove 239
6 Poole, Bournemouth & the east...............................251
Getting there & around 252, Poole & surrounds 257, Bournemouth & Christchurch 268,
Wimborne Minster & surrounds 281
Accommodation..............................................................294
Index....................................................................................300
