Baker's Arms Holiday Cottages

South Perrott, Dorset

This is an owners own site, run by Richard and Mary Torrens.

Walks and places to visit in and around West Dorset

Here we will put travelogs of places to visit from our holiday cottages. Many of these are not your normal tourist traps but special places in hidden areas of Dorset.

Dorset is fantastic for walking: it has more miles of footpath than any other county. Unfortunately this means that many of them, although visible on a map, are scarcely visible on the ground or are eroded or are badly overgrown. So please take with you a pair of secateurs so you can help other walkers by clearing the footpath. Personally, I take a machete!

Figures in red are travel distance by car.

Local walks from South Perrott
- Chedington and Winyard's Gap about 1.2 miles to the pub and village.
Frampton: River Frome and Harry's Wood 13 miles
Forde Abbey a must-visit dog-friendly garden 9 miles
Ham (or Hambdon) Hill 10 miles
Kingston Maurward 20 miles
Lambert's Castle and Coney's Castle two hill forts 10 miles
Lyme Regis to Axmouth undercliff a 7 mile walk with return by bus 17 miles
Montacute House and Gardens 9 miles
Montacute: Lady's Walk Montacute offers more than just the house. 9 miles
Ottery St Mary to Tipton St John: a circular riverside walk 32 miles
South Poorton to West Milton: a varied 5kM circular walk 10 miles
Thorncombe woods, Puddletown Forest and Thomas Hardy's birthplace 21 miles
West Bay to Hive Beach, passing Burton Bradstock a delightful coastal walk 13 miles

Ancient Devon Hedges in Dorset add interest to several of the walks.

Our lists of places to visit

The index page now lists attractions by type

There is a page of links to other www site of interest

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Page first published 5th of July, 2020
Last modified: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:20:49 BST
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