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Badbury Rings

Dorset

An Iron Age hill fort in a chalk grassland habitat, which is home to a wealth of wildlife

Blandford Road, Shapwick, Wimborne, Dorset, DT11 9JL

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Visitors walking along the remains of the ramparts and ditches of the iron age hill fort at Badbury Rings, Dorset

Car park
Pay-and-display car park, open dawn till dusk. This car park uses the JustPark app and payment machines for member check-in and non-member payments. Members: Free, register your membership card for an all-day ticket. Non-members: £1.60 for one hour, £3.20 for up to four hours or £6.40 all day.
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Dogs allowed
Please keep your dog on a lead between late February and August as there are ground-nesting birds such as skylarks at Badbury Rings. Be aware of grazing livestock; pregnant sheep are often so stressed by dogs running loose that they can abort their young. Dog poo can cause serious harm to livestock, so please pick up and dispose of your dog's poo safely.
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By road
Located off of B3082 Wimborne to Blandford road. Follow the brown tourist signs, and take the turning to Badbury Rings opposite the road to Shapwick.
Parking: Large car park available at the end of the roadway, please pass through road narrowing bollards. Pay-and-display car park, open dawn till dusk. Free for members; scan your membership card for an all-day ticket. Charges for non-members of £1.60 for one hour, £3.20 for up to four hours or £6.40 all day.
Sat Nav: Please use the What3Word location: ///parting.melts.threaded
By train
Poole 11 miles
By bus
Services from Bournemouth and Poole, alight Wimborne Square. Taxi advised for onward journey to Kingston Lacy (4 miles)

Planning your visit

Sheep and cattle grazing at Badbury Rings

Discover how we are protecting the chalk grassland habitat at Badbury Rings through careful use of grazing animals.

Sheep on top of a small hill

Planning your visit at Badbury Rings

Badbury Rings is free to access for everyone. Here are some things you might need to know when you visit.

Visitors at the Badbury Rings at Kingston Lacy, Dorset

Visiting Badbury Rings with your dog

The paths and fields around Badbury Rings are great for dog walkers. Find out the best places to walk, plus where and why to keep dogs on the lead or under control.

Visitors with a dog enjoying an autumnal walk on the estate at Wallington, Northumberland

Two visitors walking through the grounds of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal with the abbey ruins in the background

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