An overview of walking the Hardy Way Dorset and Wiltshire, England part of the walking on the web guide to walking in Europe

Hardy Way 342km / 212 miles part of the Walking on the Web guide to walking in England

Start Higher Bockhampton SY728925 Finish Stinsford Church SY712910

Map Ordnance Survey Explorer 117, 118 and 129. Outdoor Leisure OL15

As the name suggests this is a walk for lovers of Thomas Hardy visiting many of the settings for his novels. Starting in his birthplace Higher Bockhampton near Dorchester the way travels through the Piddle and Frome valleys, joins the Dorset coast between Lulworth Cove (great cafe with great view) and the Encombe Valley and on to Corfe Castle and Dorchester before coming to rest in Stinsford Church where Thomas Hardy's heart lies buried. A true walk for Hardy lovers!

Higher Brockampton

Puddleton (PH)

Bere Regis Jubilee Trail

Wool

Lulworth Cove South West Coast Path National Trail Newlands Farm

Kimmeridge

Corfe Castle

Wareham

Sturminster Marshall (PH) Red Lion

Wimborne (PH) Crown & Anchor beds

Cranbourne (PH) Sheaf of Arrows

Tollard Royal

Shaftesbury

Marnhull

Sturminster Newton (PH) The Bull

Hazelbury Bryan (PH) The Antelope beds

Buckland Newton (PH)

Evershot (PH) Macmillan Way

Wessex Ridgeway

Bearminster (PH) Jubilee Trail

Bridport (PH) George Hotel beds

Ferrybridge

Weymouth from London VirginTrians

Dorchester from London VirginTrians

Stinsford

Further information

Reading matter The Hardy Way A 19th Century Pilgrimage by Margaret Marande [ISBN:0948699531]

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