Walking tours of the South West coast

Specialist walking tour operator, Ramblers Worldwide Holidays, is offering 4, 5 and 8 day walking tours in southern Somerset and the Dorset coast.

The walks take in rolling hills, ancient forts, World Heritage Sites, geology and long-distance footpaths which provided the literary settings for the novels of Thomas Hardy and Jane Austen.

The base for this spectacular tour is Cricket St Thomas, which divides Somerset from Dorset. Highlights, apart from some of the best walks in Britain include, Pilsden Pen (one of the highest hills in Dorset); the Jurassic coast; Lyme Regis and the south west coastal path.

Prices from - £352 (4 days); £434 (5 days) and £739 (8 days), includes half-board accommodation at The Cricket St Thomas Hotel (used as the manor house in BBC TV’s ‘To The Manor Born’) and the services of a tour leader.

For more information, visit RamblersCountrywide.co.uk.