Maps & Guides

MAPS

BOURNEMOUTH, CHRISTCHURCH & POOLE
Area Cycle Map (also from TICs)

POOLE HERITAGE CYCLE ROUTE
Poole Council 01202 262066

DORCHESTER Town cycle map

WEYMOUTH & PORTLAND
local routes with downloadable maps

WEST DORSET CYCLEWAY
West Dorset District Council 01305 251 010

WEST DORSET Routes. TICs in Dorchester, Bridport, Lyme Regis or Dorset AONB

WEST DORSET
NCN Route 2 map (PDF file)

NORTH DORSET
NORTH DORSET TRAILWAY
Refreshments at Shillingston Station
Other routes from TICs Blandford and Shaftesbury

PURBECK 6 routes
Download from Purbeck District Council
or TICs Swanage and Purbeck

EAST DORSET town maps
Set of 5 maps also from Wimborne TIC)

EAST DORSET 6 rural leisure routes.
£3.50 from Moors Valley Country Park / TICs

WIMBORNE
Booklet of 10 family cycle rides
From Wimborne TIC

DORSET town maps
Bridport, Dorchester, Gillingham, Portland, Sherborne, Weymouth

NEW FOREST
Forestry Commission cycling map

Ordnance Survey Maps
1:50,000 (2cm=1km, 1¼"=1 mile)

Landranger
193 Taunton and West Dorset
195 Poole, Bournemouth, Wimborne, Christchurch
183 Shaftesbury & Dorset/Somerset border
184 Cranborne Chase, Salisbury

1:25,000 (4cm=1km, 2½"=1 mile)

Explorer
117 Bridport, Cerne Abbas, Dorchester(N)
118 Poole, Wimborne, Blandford, Shaftesbury

Outdoor Leisure
15 Dorchester(S). Weymouth, Isle of Purbeck
22 Bournemouth, Christch’ch, Ringwood, N. Forest

BOOKS
CYCLING IN DORSET by David Cheetham.

Publ. Dorset Books. ISBN 1-871164-40-0
CYCLING in DORSET and HAMPSHIRE
Publ. Collins/CTC. ISBN 0-00448682-V

CYCLE TOURS in Dorset, Hampshire & Isle of Wight ISBN 0-600-57915-8

MOUNTAIN BIKE GUIDE to bridleways of Dorset
ISBN 1-898073-02-3

OS Landranger Guidebook "Dorset" ISBN 0-319-00116-4. Walking and car tours but useful guide to places of interest

ONLINE

Tracklogs (Dorset & other rides sent in by public, searchable by postcode or OS Grid ref)

Cycleroutes (scroll down to Dorset)

Bikely

GPS cycle routes in Dorset and UK