Approaching the magic million
Alan Illingworth has visited Moors Valley Country Park
Published in June ’22
SOME of the USA’s national parks are bigger than Dorset and certainly dwarf the 1000 or so acres of Moors Valley Country Park, but all were founded with the same basic purposes: exercise, fun, enjoyment of the landscape and re-connection with nature. It was these principles that led East Dorset District Council in 1984 to buy the 82 acres of Kings Farm as a recreational area with a nine-hole golf course and artificial lake, walking routes and some play …
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