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Walk Dorset

Is there a better place in England for walking? With its magnificent World Heritage coast, chalk downlands, peaceful valleys and historic villages, Dorset has everything you could wish for. We offer a range of walking holidays - long distance trails with baggage transfers, single centre multi-day holidays and some guided day walks.  All long-distance walks can be broken down into shorter breaks of as many days as you would like.  Or we will happily mix and match walking with tours and sight-seeing to create your own perfect Dorset escape.

Henderson's selection of perfect Dorset walking holidays

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

Walking Dorset's Jurassic Coast

This trail covers the length of the Dorset's Jurassic Coast, the only natural UNESCO World Heritage site in Britain. Walking from Studland in the east to Lyme Regis in the west, expect stiff climbs, spectacular scenery, quiet coves and bustling seaside towns.

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Long Distance

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8 nights

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Breakfasts
7 picnics

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5

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£1,375 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

Iron Age Hillforts and Ancient Ridgeways

This long-distance inn-to-inn walk showcases what we consider to be the best walking that Dorset has to offer. We have designed the route to follow ancient ridgeway tracks, visiting the best Iron Age hillforts, peaceful valleys and chalk downlands, rich with wild flowers and butterflies. The best of the best!

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Long Distance

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8 nights

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Breakfasts
7 picnics

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3-4

From:

£1,250 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

Heart of Dorset Walking Weekend

A weekend walking break, staying at the wonderful New Inn in Cerne Abbas, set in a peaceful valley amongst the chalk downlands of central Dorset. Visit the mighty Cerne Giant and the spiritual Silver Well as well as ranging further afield over flower-filled hillsides with larks singing overhead. The perfect Spring break.

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Weekend Break

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3 nights

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Breakfasts
2 Picnics

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2

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£ 460 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

A Weekend in Hardy Country

A three night walking break, staying in the historic King's Arms in Dorchester where Hardy wrote much of The Mayor of Casterbridge. The perfect base to explore his homes and ramble around the countryside which informed his writing.

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Weekend Break

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3 nights

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Breakfast every day

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1

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£515 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

Rural Rambles

Spend a weekend in a cosy inn with fabulous food and work up an appetite walking the quiet paths and byways of the county. Away from the tourist trail you'll find quiet picturesque villages, ancient ridgeway tracks and abundant wild flowers.

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One Centre

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3 nights

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Breakfasts
3 picnics

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3

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£465 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

Walking The Best of Dorset

A seven night, one-centre holiday (you don't move accommodation every day) showcasing the best walking in the county, taking in the iconic Jurassic Coast, iron age hillforts, peaceful valleys and high chalk downlands.

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One Centre

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7 nights

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Breakfast every day

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3

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£1,135 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

Iconic Dorset Walks

A weekend taking in the best bits of the county for walking, including the Jurassic Coast, the Purbeck ridgeways and the Rude Man of Cerne carved into the chalk downlands above the village which bears his name.

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Weekend Break

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3 nights

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Breakfasts
3 picnics

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3-5

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£495 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

To The Sea!

A week of walks which all take in some of the coast but also venture further inland to visit some interesting and quieter parts of Dorset.

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One Centre

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7 nights

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Breakfasts
6 picnics

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5

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£1,175 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

Walking Hardy's Dorset

A series of six fairly easy day walks exploring the Dorset of Thomas Hardy and taking in some of the places which inspired his works. Each day you will visit the setting for a different novel as well as visiting Hardy's homes and the quiet church where his heart lies buried.

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One Centre

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7 nights

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Breakfasts
5 picnics

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1

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£1,045 pp

Kingston Lacy House in Dorset

Dorset Oddities

Spend a week exploring some of the stranger bits of the county including an abandoned village, The Rude Man of Cerne, Hell Lane and The Hell Stone, an island where you can't mention rabbits and a rock thrown by the devil himself.

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Once Centre

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8 nights

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Breakfasts
6 picnics

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From:

£1,150 pp

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