THE RAMBLERS
EAST DORSET GROUP

East Dorset Group AGM

This year's AGM will take place on 22nd November 2025 at the Hamworthy Club, Magna Road, Canford Magna. The meeting starts at 14:00 and will continue for around 30 minutes during which committee nominees will be appointed to their key positions. After this there will be a short break followed by a video presentation given by John Hubbard entitled "Dorset Village Architecture" focussing on houses and cottages in Dorset. The meeting is expected to end around 15:30.

All members of the East Dorset group are invited to attend and take part in the meeting.

Important Vacancies

There are still several vacancies on our committee that need to be filled which we would like you to consider:
• Someone to recruit volunteers for the 2026 Purbeck Plod,
• Area Council Representative.

Also there are vacancies for four committee members without a particular role.

East Dorset Group Summer Coach Trip 2025

This year's coach trip was to the city of Winchester on Saturday 19th July 2025.
It was a good day out and very successful. We are looking to plan another coach trip somewhere different in the new year and will let you know as soon as a destination is decided.

East Dorset Group Summer Coach Trips

The EDG have been organising coach trips usually in June or July to various destinations in the South of England for several years, in past years coach trips have visited Arundel in 2024, Chichester in 2023, Wells in 2022, Bath 2019, and Cheddar 2018.

East Dorset Group Winter Meal

This year's Winter Meal took place on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at the Bridge House Hotel, Longham. Our group's Winter Meal is a long-standing event that has taken place for many years.

Rambling On Newsletter

You can read our latest Newsletter, Rambling On 92, here.

Note that our walks programme is no longer included with the Newsletter. You can access all East Dorset Group walks from our Walks page and the walks of all other groups via The Ramblers Go Walking pages.

Ramblers Dorset Area

Dorset Area Council now has a volunteer secretary. This means that Dorset Area has come out of abeyance.

Look at the Dorset Area Website for information about current vacancies on this active committee.

If you would like more information about one or more of these roles, please get in touch with the East Dorset Group Contact using the details on our Contacts page

Ramblers Dorset Area AGM

The latest Dorset Area AGM took place on 30 November 2024 at the Broadmayne Village Hall.

Look at the Dorset Area Website for information about current vacancies on Dorset Area Council.

East Dorset Group author

One of our members, Simon Bowden, has published a book of his poems, "Gifts of the Dark". He says the book is inspired by the mental quietness we can achieve through walking and being in nature.

The Jubilee Trail

The Jubilee Trail runs between the east and west boundaries of Dorset and was originally set up by ramblers in Dorset. It has been maintained by the members of the geographical groups whose areas it runs through. We are now looking for a volunteer to look after the short part of the Jubilee Trail that runs between Bere Regis and Morton. You can see the route marked with green diamonds on an Ordnance Survey map.

You can find out more about the Jubilee Trail here
If you want to know more about helping with this area, please contact jtrail@dorset-ramblers.org.uk

Offer on Jubilee Trail Guides

Please see our Jubilee Trail Guides offer.

Wessex Wanderers

Please have a look at the Wessex Wanderers website - these iinteresting train walks using the Bristol to Weymouth Heart of Wessex train service will be starting again this summer. A full programme of walks will appear on their website and as this year is their 30th Anniversary a printed programme will again be produced.

Local Access Forum

Do you want to help improve Dorset's great outdoors for future generations? Find out about the Local Access Forum here.

Page updated 19th October 2025.

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