Walk · Dorset

Beaminster, Horn Hill and Netherbury

Beaminster
Netherbury A3066 B3163 River Brit Pucketts Wood Little Giant Wood N 880 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
4.2MILES
2h 15mON FOOT
170mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 82% 18% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 60%Lane & track 22%Road with traffic 18%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at
Beaminster square, by the market cross and the Fleet Street car park
Parking
Free car parks at Fleet Street and Yarn Barton, roughly 60 spaces between them; both fill on market day
Directions to the start →

A 4.2-mile two-hour figure round the Brit valley, out of the square past the church, up over the shoulder of Horn Hill for the view down on the town, then along the river to Netherbury and back by field paths. Around 170 metres of climb on grass field paths, sunken lanes and half a mile of quiet tarmac, with a good number of gates and two stiles a heavy dog will need help over. Park in the free Fleet Street or Yarn Barton car parks in Beaminster, both small and both within two minutes of the square. Sheep and cattle graze the valley fields so leads through the stock, and the Brit is shallow, clean and easy to get into for a drink most of the way.

THE SMALL PRINTWorking farmland the whole way: sheep and cattle graze the Brit valley fields, so dogs must be on a lead through the grazing, and two stiles on the route are too high for a large dog to manage alone.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
Livestock — leads on
REGION · DORSET
GRID · 50.8060, -2.7395
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/GUIDE/1697867/ATTRACTIONS-AROUND-NETHERBURY
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