Walks around Dorchester (Dorset)

Dunrovia Walk a pleasant walk round this historic town with useful notes to bring the sights to life.

Judge Jeffries (gallows walk) Dorchester was one of the homes of the notorious "bloody assizes" when Judge Jeffries presided over the suppression of unrest in a far less peacesful England than you will enjoy as you visit these historic locations.

Maumbury Rings a local beauty spot and place of interest.

Maiden Castle visit the site of one the most famous battles on English soil, when the Romans took control of western England by conquering the largest fortified site created by the ancient Britons.

Thomas Hardy Dorchester was the home of one of the best loved novelists in the English language, and the area provides a background to many of his stories. This walk takes you round some of the key sites associated with Hardy's Dorechster.