Henderson's Dorset

27/05/2026

England's finest garden season is here and the bees are busy. Nepeta, erigeron and roses all loving the May sunshine.

Visit some of England's most undiscovered, glorious gardens with Henderson's Dorset.

Garden Tours | Heritage Tours | Bespoke Tours

16/05/2026

It's the perfect time of year for a Purbeck perambulation! Starting with a visit to the mysterious Agglestone Rock, taking in legendary Old Harry, striding out over Nine Barrow Down and ending up in striking Corfe Castle. What a day!

Book your perfect Purbeck walking break with Henderson's Dorset. Inn-to-Inn walks with luggage transfers, day walks, car-free walking weekends.

30/04/2026

A glorious start to the walking season in Dorset.
Spring breeze, sparkling sea, wide skies, empty beaches, wildflowers in bloom… and St Catherine’s Chapel sitting high above it all.
Come and walk it with us.

22/03/2026

The King Charles III England Coast Path is now officially open. At 2,700 miles it is the world's longest managed coastal walking route. But only one spectacular part of it is a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site. Start your coastal adventure with Henderson's Dorset's Jurassic Coast Trail.
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12/03/2026

Shades of green as spring comes to Dorset.....

04/03/2026

Spot the Hardy connection!

Few landscapes are as inseparable from a writer as Dorset is from Thomas Hardy and whilst he fictionalised the region as Wessex, many of the locations in his novels remain instantly recognisable. Walking here, it is easy to see how the landscape shaped novels such as Tess of the d’Ubervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd.

Travelling through Hardy’s Wessex on foot, it becomes not an abstract setting but literary geography.

Let Henderson's Dorset guide you on your Dorset literary journey. See more at https://www.hendersonsdorset.com/walking-holiday/hardy's-dorset

28/02/2026

22/02/2026

Take an English Garden tour with a difference!

In early summer, a few villages open their garden gates for just a handful of days, offering a rare and wonderfully personal glimpse into English village life.
From small, modern courtyards to extensive, lovingly landscaped gardens created by enthusiastic plantsmen and women, this is a genuine peek behind the English garden gate - unpolished, authentic and full of character.

https://www.hendersonsdorset.com/private-tour/behind-the-garden-gate

02/02/2026

Henderson's Dorset has been named in The Telegraph's top ten "UK's best walking holidays for 2026" (Sarah Baxter).

Our Ancient Dorset: Hillforts & Ridgeways itinerary is a self-guided, inn-to-inn walking holiday which takes you on a journey through Dorset's ancient past, following centuries-old routes over Iron Age hillforts, Bronze Age barrows and finishing on the magnificent Jurassic Coast. 3 - 9 night options.

Details: https://www.hendersonsdorset.com/walking-holiday/iron-age-hillforts-and-ancient-ridgeways

Starting in the north of the county and finishing at Corfe Castle, this walk takes you on a journey through England's ancient past. Bronze Age barrows crown the chalk downlands, Roman roads trace the ridges and Iron Age hillforts still stand sentinel over the lush valleys below. The downlands are al...

15/01/2026

Ancient Dorset: Hillforts & Ridgeways

Our eight-day Dorset walking holiday isn’t just about the beautiful countryside you pass through. Along the way, you’ll also discover historic towns and ancient villages, each with its own stories, history and sense of place.

The Saxon hilltop town of Shaftesbury; Fiddleford's medieval manor house; the quintessential thatched village of Milton Abbas with its magnificent abbey; mystical Cerne Abbas with it's giant chalk hill carving and spiritual Silver Well; Abbotsbury's honey-gold stone cottages and hilltop chapel; Dorset's County Town of Dorchester - once Roman Dunovaria; and finally, Corfe Castle with its eponymous castle ruins towering over the village below.

2026 holidays available to book
https://www.hendersonsdorset.com/walking-holiday/iron-age-hillforts-and-ancient-ridgeways