Walk · Dorset

Sherborne Lake and the Old Castle

Sherborne · DT9 5NR
Castleton B3145 River Yeo N 440 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
3MILES
1h 30mON FOOT
50mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 40%Lane & track 50%Road with traffic 10%

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
Sherborne Castle visitor car park, off New Road DT9 5NR
Parking
Free to garden visitors, about 200 spaces; closed outside opening hours, so check the season before travelling
Directions to the start →

Three level miles in an hour and a half round a fifty-acre Capability Brown lake, past the cascade, Earl Henry’s Bridge and the folly, with the ruined Old Castle on the far shore and the golden hamstone new castle above. Gravel drive and mown grass, 50 metres of climb, and easy underfoot in any weather. Start at the Sherborne Castle visitor car park, free with garden admission, roughly two hundred spaces, and the castle is a twenty-minute walk from Sherborne station on the Exeter line. Dogs are welcome in the gardens on a short lead at all times, and on leads at the English Heritage Old Castle too, but they are not admitted to the castle, shop or tearoom, and swimming in the lake is not allowed.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs are welcome in the gardens only if kept on a short lead at all times, and are not permitted inside the Castle, shop or tearoom except assistance dogs. Garden admission is charged and the lake is not open for swimming.
REGION · DORSET
GRID · 50.9430, -2.5045
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.SHERBORNECASTLE.COM/VISITING/DOGS-ON-LEAD/
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