Dorset's Jurassic Coast - 10 Leisure Walks of Discovery Guidebook

by: Rodney Legg
Geology usually comes disguised as scenery but hereabouts it drops the cloak. In 2001 this became the first British natural landscape to win World Heritage status. From Exmouth to Studland in Dorset you can walk through 180 million years of geological exposures in 160 kilometres. The time-scale moves in general terms from west to east, through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous epochs. Dinosaurs ruled.

The aim of these walks is to sample representative locations, with a bias towards those that have National Trust properties and landform features, ranging from the Chesil Beach and Durdle Door to Old Harry Rocks. All the walks are circular, varying in length from five to eight miles, and begin at a car park or safe parking location with the grid reference provided. Public transport options are given where available.

The walks are graded between one and three boot symbols with three boots the hardest. However, most of the walks can be leisurely done in a morning to work up an appetite for lunch, or used as a convenient excuse to work off that lunch! Clear route directions are provided together with sketch maps and the guide is well illustrated throughout with colour photographs. The handy size also means it will slip easily into your pocket.

The walk locations are:
Lyme Regis - 6 miles
Golden Cap - 6 miles
Burton Bradstock - 5 miles
Abbotsbury - 8 miles
Portland - 8 miles
Ringstead - 5 miles
Lulworth - 7 miles
Tyneham - 5 miles
Worth Matravers - 6 miles
Studland - 5 miles

ISBN 9781906887650 Pages 64 (2010 reprinted 2016) 110mm x 155mm hardback