Find out where people have identified special places in and around Dorchester with an interactive map.

Dorset Unlocked is a community created interactive map of special places in Dorset for nature and heritage.

The project is led by volunteer staff and students at Bournemouth University, collaborating with the National Trust, Hengistbury Head, BCP and everyone in Dorset who wishes to contribute to the map.

The aim is to share why people think Dorset is special and to encourage others to explore, enjoy and value the benefits of connecting with nature and heritage.

You can join in and share where you enjoy nature or heritage. Send a photo and a few words saying where it is and what makes it makes you think or feel to [email protected] or use the Google form.

Feel free to add a place or thing already on the map.

Here's where has already be identified in and around Dorchester:

• Maiden Castle - "Walking in the steps of our ancestors"

• River Frome - "Walking the dog in the beautiful countryside to make your brain great again"

• Hardy Monument - "Long views"

• Thorncombe Wood Rushy Pond - "Brings back many happy memories of family walks when the children were young"

• Puddletown Forest - "Good for running and cycling routes along bridleways and ancient trackways. Several ancient bowl barrows and remains of a Roman road"

• Poundbury - "I think I am on another world"

• Tincleton Hang fields - "Breezy, bright freedom from a week stuck working on screen"

• Pallington Clump track - "Great to get out and active sploshing through the big puddles and enjoy the glimpses between wintry leafless trees of the valley below"

• Tadnoll Heath sunlit valley - "Liberating to get out in some brightness after being stuck indoors"

• Tolpuddle tree - Martyrs tree - "The Tolpuddle Martyrs sat under this tree to share their grievances"

• Tolpuddle chalk stream - "I love looking down into the chalk stream running between Tolpuddle and Briantspuddle"

• Cerne Giant landscape - "Love the landscape and the mysterious giant carving adds that feeling of history and mystery to the place"

Find out more about Dorset Unlocked here.

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