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Cranborne, Dorset

A 14 mile circular walk that takes in a variety of terrain with great views over Sixpenny Handley and Cranbourne.  For those interested, this route follows the Cranbourne Chase Circular 100 cache power trail.

We parked on the road through Cranbourne and walked a few hundred metres to start this route.  Almost immediately, you pass Cranborne Church, built between the 12th and 15th centuries, followed by Cranborne Manor, originally a medieval hunting lodge founded by Henry VIII and extended by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury between 1607 and 1611.