Walking in the footsteps of our ancestors - free guided walk

Walking with our 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 4 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.

Due to the fact that there could be cows and sheep in the landscape we are walking and because some land we are walking over is privately owned we ask that dogs are not brought on this walk.