Great Wessex Way

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Summary: The Great Wessex Way is a long distance walking route which explores the traditional, fabled and beautiful area which was historically titled 'Kingdom of the West Saxons'. Places visits along the Great Wessex Way include The city of Salisbury and its cathedral, Bockerley Dyke, Pentridge Hill, The Roman Road of Ackling Dyke, Cranborne, Farnham village, Tollard Royal, Win Green, Shaftesbury and Gold Hill, Fontmell and Melbury Downs, Ashmore, Hambledon and Hod Hills, Milton Abbas, Bere Regis, Wareham, Corfe Castle, Swanage, Worth Matravers, Swyre Head, Kimmeridge Bay, Tyneham, Lulworth, Lulworth Cove, Portland, the Hardy Monument, Little Bredy, Abbotsbury, West Bay, Bridport, Golden Cap and Lyme Regis. The way links and/ or has stretches of the walk shared with other walking routes along its way including The Hardy Way, The Wessex Heights Walk, The Wessex Ridgeway, The Jubilee Trail, The Stour Valley Way, The Wareham Forest Way, The Purbeck Way, The South West Coast Path, The South Dorset Ridgeway, The Monarch’s Way and The Macmillan Way.