The countryside round here is perfect for bridleway-based mountain biking… we are on the edge of a large ridge of hills called Cranborne Chase which runs West from Salisbury to us, and then continues right across Dorset down to Lyme Regis. This provides a huge resource of hills and valleys with the second highest number of bridleways per square mile of anywhere in the UK (first is the Isle of Wight!).

There are several spectacular hills with ironage settlements (Hambledon, Hod, Bulbarrow to name but three) within 10 miles, a plethora of chocolate box villages, woodland and forest galore on our doorstep, plus the charming town of Shaftesbury within 7-8 miles.