Tolpuddle and around
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Walk directions
From the Martyrs Museum head towards the centre of the village. After about 110yds (100m), having passed a row of houses, turn up left, on a lane which hooks back behind the same houses. Continue up a path through scrubby woodland, towards the bypass. The path detours to cross this. So, at the top turn right along the tarmac track beside the bypass, then turn left through the underpass.
Turn left on another tarmac track, and continue to its end. Turn right through a hole in the hedge, and cross a large field diagonally uphill (roughly northwest) to a hedge gap. Head uphill (north) to left of a hedge, continuing along a second field over the hill brow and gently downhill. The comforting folds of Burleston Down are to your left.
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Terrain
- Farm tracks, field paths, pathless field edges
Landscape
- Gently rolling farmland above valley of the River Piddle
Dog friendliness
- Some road walking
Parking
- Lay-by beside Martyrs Museum or along Main Road
Toilets en route
- None on route
About the walk
The sleepy Dorset village of Tolpuddle, astride the Puddle (or Piddle) river, entered the history books in 1834 when six of its farm labourers became what would later become known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Trade unions had become technically legal a few years before and, faced with a pay cut to six...
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About the area
Dorset is made up of rugged coastlines, high chalk downlands and a chain of picturesque villages and seaside towns that make up Britain’s Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, noted for its layers of shale and numerous fossils embedded in the rock. Hidden gems of Dorset can be found down winding, country lanes that lead to snug villages hidden from view.
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