Walking in Purbeck

From signposted rambles to self-guided walks and town trails - there are a variety of different walks to suit your needs. You can also find information about the The Lulworth Range Walks.

To see where our routes go, plus visitor attractions and picnic areas, download the Walk Around Purbeck map.

Short distance routes: 

• Wareham Town Walls walk - 1 mile circular route around Wareham
• Quarrymans' Ways - a circular route around Acton and Langton Matravers. 1½ miles
• The Wareham Two Rivers Walks - circular walks along the Rivers Frome and Piddle. Between 2¼ and 3¼ miles
• The Priests Way - from Swanage to Worth Matravers via Langton Matravers. 3 miles
• Smugglers' Ways - a circular route from Worth Matravers and along the Coast Path. 3 miles
• Studland and Ballard Down Round Walk - a circular walk from South Beach car park along the Purbeck Ridge and down to Old Harry Rocks. 4½ miles
• Northport Greenway and Woodlark Trail - a circular walk from Wareham Quay to Wareham Forest. 5 miles

Medium distance routes:

• Commoners' Ways - A circular route from Corfe Castle to Kingston. 5½ miles
• The Lawrence of Arabia Trail - A circular route from Bovington to Moreton. 6¾ miles in total but can be split into smaller sections (between ¼ mile and 2½ miles)
• Wareham Forest Way - Wareham to Sturminster Marshall via Morden. 13 miles in total one-way but can be split into smaller sections (6 or 7 mile sections)
• The Purbeck Way West Route - West Lulworth to Winfrith Newburgh, Coombe Keynes and then either back to Lulworth or onwards to East Stoke, with a bus connection to Wareham. 11¾ miles in total but can be split into smaller sections (between 2½ and 3½ miles)
• The Purbeck Way - Wareham to the South West Coast Path via Corfe Castle. 15½ miles in total one-way but can be split into smaller sections (between 3¼ and 6¼ mile sections)

Long distance routes:

• South West Coast Path - 630 miles from Studland in Dorset to Minehead in Somerset (73 miles of which is in Dorset)