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Dorchester to Portsmouth

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This route will take you back towards London but stopping off at Portsmouth. Take a side
tour to the New Forest.

For information on the New Forest click here . . .

Click here for an interactive map of the area

Navigation notes

Routes 6 and 7 on the map

0.0 mi 50.7000, -2.4468 From the i/s with the A354 take the A35 from Dorchester s/p “Poole A35”
and “Puddletown 6”.

5.5 mi 50.7440, -2.3666 For a side trip to Tolpuddle turn l. off the A35 s/p “Tolpuddle / Puddletown
/ Troy Town”. Side side-bar below.

6.3 mi 50.7571, -2.2120 Follow the A35 to the i/s with the A31 and follow signs to Wimborne and
Ringwood.

31.7 mi 50.9179, -1.5936 For the New Forest and Beaulieu, leave the A31 following signs to
Lyndhurst and the A337.

To continue to Portsmouth follow the A31 on to the M27.

26.8 mi 50.8421, -1.0924 At Junction 12 on the M27, from the left lanes merge on to the M275
s/posted “M275 / Portsmouth (W)”.

Follow the M275 and brown signs that say “Historic Waterfront” or “Historic Dockyard”.

4.59 mi 50.7988,-1.1071 The entrance to the dockyard will be on your right Look for an oval
shaped multi-story building on your right Turn right there for parking. The historic dockyard is
about 200m further along on the right