Walking in the Footsteps of our Ancestors – Free Guided Walk

Join our expert volunteers for a 3.5 hour guided walk that provides the opportunity to learn about one of the UK’s most significant ancient landscapes.

Walking with our National Trust, expert guides we will explore a section of landscape surrounding Hardy Monument.

Starting and finishing at the Monument, we will follow a route which takes in fantastic views of the Ridgeway, Jurassic Coast, valleys, chalk downland, and farms. We will study the barrows on the landscape as well as identifying the more recent industrial archaeology that can be found in the hills we walk through.

If we were to walk at a steady pace with no stops this walk takes 2 hours and 15 minutes (it is 8.5km). We will factor in rest breaks and will be pausing to talk about the landscape so please expect this walk to take 3.5 hours.

Much of this walk has a focus on the barrows and hillforts which we see in the landscape around us, if the day is foggy or unclear there may be some elements we have to miss out.

The walk has some hills, is quite strenuous and the terrain will be a mixture of grass, footpaths and possibly a lot of mud!

This is a free guided walk but booking is essential.