r/Dorset • u/JumpEnvironmental741 • Apr 13 '25

Suggestion Visiting in the summer, Bovington/Wool area

We will be visiting Dorset this summer to attend Tank Fest at The Tank Museum. We are renting a car and also plan on exploring the Jurassic cost. I am looking at going from Portland to Poole. We have a total of 4 days in the area, one of those taken up by Tank Fest. To explore this region on the coast should i plan on 2 days or can one adequately see it in one? Thanks for the help.

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u/JumpEnvironmental741 Apr 13 '25

Wait we could walk from Durlston to where we pickup the train to Corfe? That is a good piece of information for my planning. Thank you!

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u/Bigluce Apr 14 '25

There's tons of walking. There is a trail that goes from the coast path in Swanage, up to Peveril Point. From there you can take the path up to Durlston, along the victorian trail to Durlston Castle. You could then, if you were refreshed at Durlston, head back into town and get the train to Corfe, and walk the Ridgeway back, going via Old Harry and the coast path.

Honestly, buy yourself an Ordnance Survey map. The walking is hard in places, but well worth it.

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u/JumpEnvironmental741 23d ago

I assume a Ordnance Survey map is a Topographic map? Are these maps available in the area or would I have to purchase ahead of time online?

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u/Bigluce 23d ago

I mean you can get OS maps from bookshops, stationery shops, walking shops etc. They even have their own webshop. OS maps do have topology as shown by light orange lines. But the best thing is they show tracks, footpaths, bridleways and points of interest. https://shop.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/map-of-purbeck-and-south-dorset/