Clubmen’s Down, Compton Abbas and Melbury Beacon
Catherine Speakman on the glorious downland south of Shaftesbury. Anthony Blake took the photographs.
Published in July ’21
The view from Fontmell Down
AS SOON as you arrive at the car park on Spread Eagle Hill, you are faced with views that stretch for miles. Below you sits the little village of Compton Abbas that you will later walk through and to your right is Compton Down then Melbury Beacon, the highest point on the walk.
From the car park, go …
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