Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Badbury Rings and White Mill loop — National Trust

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Badbury Rings and White Mill loop — National Trust

Moderate

3.0

(1)

hikers

Badbury Rings and White Mill loop — National Trust

03:10

12.1km

90m

Hiking

This lovely 7.5-mile (12.2 km) hike has two distinct landscapes: the ancient Badbury Rings hillfort and the beautiful River Stour. A gentle walk, there’s only mild elevation gain and nothing steep. Most of the hike uses quiet lanes with a couple of footpaths thrown into the mix.

You can easily…

by National Trust North and West Dorset

Last updated: July 18, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

2.61 km

Shapwick Village Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Not to be confused with Shapwick in Somerset, this Shapwick is a sweet little village on the banks of the River Stour. A short walk from Badbury Rings hillfort, there's …

Tip by

6.43 km

White Mill (National Trust)

Highlight • Historical Site

This corn mill languishes on the River Stour and makes for a lovely stop if you're on a walk in the area. Managed by the National Trust, this particular mill …

Tip by

11.6 km

Badbury Rings Iron Age hillfort

Highlight • Viewpoint

Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England. In the Roman era a temple was located immediately west of the fort, and there …

Tip by

12.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.91 km

3.39 km

1.94 km

1.78 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.24 km

2.68 km

2.44 km

1.43 km

1.21 km

1.10 km

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (90 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Wednesday 22 July

26°C

13°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

June 24, 2022

This lovely 7.5-mile (12.2 km) hike has two distinct landscapes: the ancient Badbury Rings hillfort and the beautiful River Stour. A gentle walk, there’s only mild elevation gain and nothing steep. Most of the hike uses quiet lanes with a couple of footpaths thrown into the mix. 
﻿
You can easily walk this

Want to know more?

This route was planned by komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Easy

4.9

1,040

Old Harry Rocks Loop

01:46h

6.36km

120m

Moderate

4.7

408

Durdle Door, White Nothe & Hambury Tout loop from Lulworth Cove Heritage Centre

03:42h

12.2km

380m

Easy

4.7

303

Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door Loop

01:51h

7.91km

210m

Moderate

4.9

439

Kimmeridge Bay and Clavell Tower loop from Kingston — Dorset

04:16h

15.3km

280m

Easy

4.8

511

Bolderwood Trails: Radnor Trail — New Forest National Park

00:49h

2.97km

50m

Moderate

4.5

306

Old Harry Rocks and Ballard Down Circular

03:31h

12.7km

220m

Moderate

4.8

336

South Purbeck Cliffs Walk

04:18h

15.3km

310m

Moderate

4.6

281

Burley & Whitton Pond loop via Turf Hill

01:46h

6.65km

60m

Moderate

4.6

345

Old Harry Rocks and Ballard Down Circular

02:56h

10.5km

200m

Moderate

4.6

336

Old Harry & Ballard Down loop from Studland — Isle of Purbeck

02:38h

9.44km

180m

Hard

4.8

298

Purbeck Ridgeway and Corfe Castle Loop

05:59h

21.3km

400m

Moderate

4.8

290

Old Harry Rocks Circular Walk

02:40h

9.67km

170m

Badbury Rings and White Mill loop — National Trust

Shapwick Village Centre

White Mill (National Trust)

Badbury Rings Iron Age hillfort

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️