Dorset
Promoted Routes
| Route | Location | Length |
| Toller Down/Eggardon Hill | Dorset | 20 miles 32km |
| North of Sherbourne | Dorset | 15 miles 24km |
| Corscombe and Hooke | Dorset | 12 miles 19km |
| Up Sydling & Sydling St Nicholas | Dorset | 12 miles 19km |
| Up Cerne | Dorset | 5 1/2 miles 9km |
| Piddle Inn Ride | Dorset | 7 miles 11km |
| Piddlehinton & Forston Ride | Dorset | 10 1/2 miles 17km |
| Toller Porcorum & West Compton | Dorset | 9 miles 14km |
| Plush Ride | Dorset | 7 miles 11km |
| Higher Melcombe & Dorset Gap | Dorset | 5 miles 8km |
| Eggardon & Powertock Ride | Dorset | 12 1/2 miles 20km |
| Mapperton & Loscombe Ride | Dorset | 6 miles 10km |
| Little Bredy, Bridehead & Sea Ride | Dorset | 10 miles 16km |
| Hardy's Monument Ride | Dorset | 7 miles 11km |
| Stubhampton & Ashmore Ride | Dorset | 12 miles 19km |
| Tarrant Gunville, Harbins Park and Chettle | Dorset | 11 miles 18km |
| Badbury Ring, Ackling Dyke & Tarrant Monkton | Dorset | 12 miles 19km |
| Bottle Bush Down, Gussage All Saints, Ackling Dyke | Dorset | 10 miles 16km |
| Pentridge, Bokerley Ditch & Cranborne | Dorset | 9 miles 14km |
| Church Knowle Valley Ride | Dorset | 12 miles 19km |
| The Old Harry Rocks Ride | Dorset | 17 miles 27km |
| Heritage Coastal Ride East Knighton to Holworth | Dorset | 13 miles 21km |
| Durweston, Stourpaine, Hod and Hambledon Hills | Dorset | 7 miles 11km |
| Durweston and Houghton North Down | Dorset | 8 miles 13km |
| Bulbarrow Hill, Winterbourne Houghton and Milton Abbas | Dorset | 11 miles 18km |
| Bulbarrow Hill, Dorsetshire Gap and Ansty Cross | Dorset | 9 miles 14km |
Other riding access opportunities
Dorset on Horseback
This book contains a guide to 25 interesting circular trails in Dorset.
Copies are available from British Horse Society,
Stoneleigh Deer Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2XZ.
Where to stay
People wishing to try out the riding away from home may wish to know
where they can keep their horses overnight. A useful book entitled
Bed and Breakfast for Horses which lists places to keep a horse overnight
can be purchased from the British Horse Society. Entries include:
- Mrs Sheila Baker Well Bottom Cottage, Ashmore, Nr Shaftesbury, Dorset
SP5 5AN tel: 01747 811058 email
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Mrs A Bay Stoke Mill Farm,
Broadoak, Bridport, Dorset DT6 5NR
Tel/fax: 01308 868036 website
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Denise
Marriott Blackthorn Farm, Fieldhayes, Brook Street, Shipton Gorge,
Dorset DT6 4NA Tel: 01308 897039 email
Maps
Anyone riding in the area or wishing to plan a long distance or
circular bridleroute may wish to use these 1:50,000 Landranger
or 1:25,000 Explorer Ordnance Survey maps.
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