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Woodlands for forest bathing in Dorset

7 places in Dorset that suit forest bathing, with parking, paths and facilities on each page. Find a forest bathing guide in Dorset.

Bluebells in Duncliffe Wood, near Shaftesbury, DorsetDuncliffe WoodAncient hilltop wood near Shaftesbury with very old limes and bluebellsBluebells in Garston Wood, Cranborne Chase, DorsetGarston WoodRSPB ancient wood on Cranborne Chase with hazel coppice and spring flowersTrail through Moors Valley Country Park, DorsetMoors Valley Country Park and ForestOver 800 acres of forest and park near Ringwood, with miles of trailsLine of the disused railway through trees on Powerstock Common, Dorset, in autumnPowerstock CommonOak and ash woods and open wood pasture in quiet west DorsetThe beech avenue on the Kingston Lacy estate near Wimborne, DorsetThe Oaks and Badbury Rings, Kingston LacyOld pollarded oaks, an Iron Age hillfort and the Kingston Lacy beech avenueThomas Hardy's cottage seen from Thorncombe Wood, DorsetThorncombe WoodOak, chestnut and beech by Hardy's birthplace, crossed by a Roman roadPath through Wareham Forest, DorsetWareham ForestConifer forest, heath and bog north of Wareham, with long flat tracks

Photos: Duncliffe Wood, Mike Faherty (CC BY-SA 2.0); Garston Wood, Mike Faherty (CC BY-SA 2.0); Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, Bermicourt (CC BY-SA 3.0); Powerstock Common, Maurice D Budden (CC BY-SA 2.0); The Oaks and Badbury Rings, Kingston Lacy, Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0); Thorncombe Wood, Christopher Tubb (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wareham Forest, Mike Faherty (CC BY-SA 2.0).