Connect Abbotsbury with Slow Ways
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Abbotsbury’s four Slow Ways are 50% checked
Help connect Abbotsbury
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Abbotsbury from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Abbotsbury—Chickerell
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Abbchi one |
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3 X |
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Verify me | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 272m | Descent 260m | ||
Abbotsbury—Dorchester
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Abbdor one |
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3 X |
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Verify me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 388m | Descent 368m | ||
Abbotsbury—Maiden Newton
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Abbmai one |
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3 X |
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Verify me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 488m | Descent 437m | ||
Bridport—Abbotsbury
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Briabb one |
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4 X |
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Verify me | Distance 17km/10mi | Ascent 418m | Descent 447m |
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Collective progress
75% of Abbotsbury’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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5 people have contributed to Abbotsbury’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
5 people have surveyed a route in Abbotsbury
59km out of 59km have been walked and reviewed
118km of reviews have been shared in Abbotsbury
Latest Updates
This is a good route and will work. Lovely....
christopher bennett
Walked 30/08/2023 and there were some paths completely overgrown but with a walking app it was easy to take a short detour. The sections on roads were quiet and interesting to walk through the villages....
Jim Binning
The route takes you out of Dorchester along tree lined residential avenues, and as soon as you leave town the view is dominated by the immense Maiden Castle, an iron age hill Fort. The route has been plotted along the field edge, but there is a well maintained wide path through the crops, so that's a minor plotting error. I missed one gate at Portesham Hill, as the route isn't quite aligned with the footpath there....
Helen Gough
It is hilly but as it follows the MacMillan Way for the entire route, it is clearly signed and well maintained....
Helen Gough
On Fleet Common Close to Chickerell, the route goes across a field, but the path has been diverted around the edge of the field. There is a pub in Langton Herring roughly half way through the walk....
Helen Gough
The most difficult section when I walked was between the fish farm and Lower Sturthill, so overgrown that I wasn't entirely sure where the path was....
Helen Gough
It is a beautiful countryside route, only on paved roads at the very beginning and the final kilometers....
pmostert
There are numerous stiles and on the day I walked there were cows in several fields. Extensive views over Chesil Beach....
Kay
Slow Ways added Abbchi one, a new walk from Abbotsbury to Chickerell
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Abbdor one, a new walk from Abbotsbury to Dorchester
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Abbmai one, a new walk from Abbotsbury to Maiden Newton
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Briabb one, a new walk from Bridport to Abbotsbury
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Abbotsbury’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SY5759885385
Lat / Lon
50.66657° / -2.60134°
Easting / Northing
357,598E / 85,385N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Abbotsbury's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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