Host. Gather. Connect. Share.
TerraCirca offers welcoming events across Dorset, rooted in trust, care, love, and a shared sense of humanity.
It’s a space where people from all backgrounds and viewpoints can come together, where simple, shared moments act as a tonic for modern life.
We are sharing walks, simple, shared journeys through Dorset’s landscapes. We connect, walk, talk, and share, and along the way rekindle our connection to community, history, and the natural world. It’s an invitation to be present: to lace up your walking shoes and experience the joy of the land, and the people who call it home.
Anyone can host. Whether it’s a walk, a conversation, sharing stories, or a local project, we make it easy to bring people together. We take care of the admin so you can focus on creating meaningful experiences.
Step away from screens and the noise of the news. Reconnect with place, with people, and with yourself.
Everyone is welcome, whoever you are. Join a walk, or host one in a place you love. Bring a story, a conversation, biscuits, or simply yourself.
August Walks
Evening walks, midweek, and picnic:
Wednesday 11th August: Hengistbury Head (7.5km / 5miles). We’ll dine halfway on the beach watching the setting sun touch The Needles and the chalk cliffs of the Isle of Wight. Bring your favourite for yourself and something to share.
Daytime walks at the weekends with picnic:
Saturday 1st August: Stoke Abbott (NW Dorset) (7.5 km / 5 miles). “Roman Invasion” – a circular walk starting at Stoke Abbott via Waddon and Lewesdon Hill Forts. Picnic Lunch at the top of Lewesdon Hill – please bring food to share.
Saturday 8th August: Gussage All Saints (near Wimborne) (11km / 7 miles). “Dark Sky Country: The Cockerel“. A walk through Dorset’s International Dark Skies National Reserve. start/finish at The Cockerel pub at Gussage All Saints. Please bring food to share.
Sunday, 23rd August: Arthur’s Battlefield, the Raven Goddess and Lady Bankes (Badbury Rings) (8.5 km / 5.5 miles). A beautiful walk immersed in rich history; where Iron Age earthworks, Arthurian legend, and Lady Bankes brings centuries of history to life. With a picnic in the ancient hill fort Badbury Rings
MORE DETAILS & REGISTER (FREE) HERE: Dorset Walks: August
Feel free to share the eventbrite page if you know others who might like to join.
TerraCirca began as a simple idea: a space to take walks, bring people together, connect, and host community conversations, sharing local stories and projects that matter to us.
It’s evolving into an open space where anyone in the community can host. The intention is to create an organisation that’s truly in service for our community and makes it consistently easy for any of us to host events like this.
In the first instance, if you would like to host a walk, I can help you add it, bringing a rhythm of regular walking gatherings in the places we love.
TerraCirca is born from questioning how we live now, and how we might live in the future.
How do we face times of challenge and look after one another?
How might we grow resilient future-oriented communities?
How do we keep our communities strong and our land and sea healthy for the future?
What work is already happening here that we might elevate and contribute to?
What can we do together when we pause, listen, and lend a hand?
What questions matter for us in Dorset?
