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Photo of Maiden Castle, a hillfort near Dorchester, Dorset, south west England.

Maiden Castle© Hadrianus1959 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Upwey StationUpwey

59 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorset National Landscape

National Landscape near Dorchester

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

0.4 km N

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

2 km NE · spans 4 counties

Photo of the Purbeck Heritage Coast, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Purbeck

Heritage Coast near Wareham

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

3.6 km NE

Photo of Osmington White Horse, a hill figure in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Osmington White Horse

Hill figure near Osmington

The only English hill figure carrying a rider — King George III on horseback — cut above Weymouth in 1808.

4.5 km E

Photo of Maiden Castle, a hillfort near Dorchester, Dorset, south west England.Iconic

Maiden Castle

Hillfort near Dorchester

Europe's largest Iron Age hillfort, ramparts intact.

5.1 km N

Photo of Crab House Cafe, a restaurant near Wyke Regis, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Crab House Cafe

Restaurant near Wyke Regis

Beach-shack seafood restaurant on Chesil Beach beside its own oyster beds.

7 km S

Photo of Dorchester, a village in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorchester

Village

Dorset's county town of Roman origins, tree-lined walks on the old ramparts and streets thick with Thomas Hardy associations.

7.7 km N · Dorset

Photo of Abbotsbury, a village in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Abbotsbury

Village

A honey-stone and thatch village near Chesil Beach, strung along one street below its hilltop chapel, swannery and subtropical gardens.

9.7 km W · Dorset

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

9.7 km W · spans 10 counties

Photo of St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury, a ruined chapel in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury

Chapel near Abbotsbury

Stout 14th-century chapel with a stone-vaulted roof, raised by Abbotsbury's monks for pilgrims on a lone hilltop looking over Chesil Beach.

9.9 km W

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Jubilee Trail, a 90-mile long-distance path running from Forde Abbey to Bokerley Dyke, south west England.

Jubilee Trail

Long-distance path

Border to border across Dorset, Forde Abbey to Bokerley Dyke, laid out by Ramblers volunteers for their diamond jubilee in 1995.

1.6 km N · Dorset

Photo of Lodmoor Country Park, a country park near Upwey, Dorset, south west England.

Lodmoor Country Park

Country park near Upwey

A country park in Dorset.

1.6 km SE

Photo of Radipole Lake, a Lake near Upwey, Dorset, south west England.

Radipole Lake

Lake near Upwey

Formed where the River Wey was dammed, this reedbed lagoon in the middle of Weymouth is now a town-centre RSPB reserve.

2.6 km S

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

2.9 km SE · spans 24 counties

Photo of Jordan Hill Roman Temple, a Roman site near Osmington, Dorset, south west England.

Jordan Hill Roman Temple

roman-temple near Osmington

Square stone footings of a Romano-Celtic temple from the 300s AD, on a grassy rise above Bowleaze Cove and Weymouth Bay.

3 km SE

Photo of South Dorset Coast, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Kingston, Dorset, south west England.

South Dorset Coast

SSSI near Kingston

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset.

3 km SE

Bennetts Water Gardens

Garden near Chickerell

Eight acres of Monet-style lily lakes near Weymouth holding the national collection of water lilies, with a tropical house and woodland walk.

4.1 km SW

Photo of Portland Harbour Shore, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Osmington, Dorset, south west England.

Portland Harbour Shore

SSSI near Osmington

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset.

4.7 km S

Photo of Osmington, a village in Dorset, south west England.

Osmington

Village

A quiet village of stone cottages and bright gardens under the downs east of Weymouth, near the White Horse hill figure.

6.5 km E · Dorset

Everything else within 10 km (40) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.