The ChalkEscape Walking Festival takes place on Cranborne Chase among the stunning heritage landscape with wonderful open vistas and woodland, criss-crossed by ancient ways and miles of footpaths and bridleways.

Project aims

• To encourage people to access the Chalke & Chase Landscape area.
• To raise awareness of the area’s natural, historic and cultural heritage.
• To bring different groups and communities to the area.

The ChalkEscape Walking Festival

The 2022 ChalkEscape Walking Festival took place at different times of the year. The last festival took place from 13 to 18 September 2022, and featured guided walks and events.

Download a copy of the ChalkEscape Walking Festival programme.

With thanks to our volunteers who suggest, lead and marshal at our walking events, which are all designed to help you rediscover this beautiful area.

If you would like to help design new walks and create new routes for future ChalkeEscape Walking Festivals – if you have a favourite walk you are willing to share, or if you would like to join our Route Checkers Team to check and report back on one of our existing routes, please get in touch with us at chaseandchalke@cranbornechase.org.uk.

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