Signposted rambles, self-guided walks and town trails - there are a variety of different walks to suit your needs. Also find information about the The Lulworth Range Walks.

To see where our routes go, plus visitor attractions and picnic areas, download the Walk Around Purbeck map (pdf, 3Mb) (opens in a new window) .

Short distance routes: 

• Swanage Town Trails - Circular routes around Swanage and up to Durlston Country Park. Between ¾ mile and 3 miles

• Wareham Town Walls walk - A 1 mile circular route.

• Quarrymans' Ways - A circular route around Acton and Langton Matravers. 1 ½ miles

• The Wareham Two Rivers Walks - Circular walks along the Rivers Frome and Piddle. Between 2 ¼ and 3 miles

• Smugglers' Ways - A circular route from Worth Matravers and along the Coast Path. 3 miles

• Studland & Ballard Down Round Walk - A circular walk from South Beach car park along the Purbeck Ridge and down to Old Harry Rocks. 4 ½ miles

Medium distance routes: 

• Commoners' Ways - A circular route from Corfe Castle to Kingston. 5 ½ miles

• Northport Greenway and Sika Trail - A circular route from Wareham Quay to the Forest. 6 ¼ miles

• The Lawrence of Arabia Trail - A circular route from Bovington to Moreton. 6 ¾ miles in total but can be split into smaller sections 

• Wareham Forest Way - Wareham to Sturminster Marshall via Morden. 13 miles in total one-way but can be split into smaller sections (6 or 7 mile sections)

• The Purbeck Way - Wareham to the South West Coast Path via Corfe Castle. 15 ½ miles in total one-way but can be split into smaller sections (between 3 ¼ and 6 ¼ mile sections)

• The Purbeck Way West Route - Wareham to Coombe Keynes, Winfrith Newburgh and West Lulworth. 15 ¾ miles in total one-way but can be split into smaller sections between villages (between 2 ½ and 6 ¾ mile sections)

Long distance routes:

• South West Coast Path - 630 miles from Studland in Dorset to Minehead in Somerset (73 miles of which is in Dorset)