Route 25
National Route 25 of the National Cycle Network will link with Frome and National Route 24 at Longleat and will run south through Gillingham and Poole to Bournemouth on the Dorset coast.
Open Sections: The route is open and signed from just south west of Mere to Child Okeford mainly on quiet roads, but also on a traffic-free section of the North Dorset Trailway around Shillingstone.
The route currently continues from Blandford Forum to Bournemouth via Wimborne Minster from where the route is mainly traffic-free into Poole.
Maps and leaflets available for this route are shown below the map.
The route from Merley through Poole and Bournemouth is shown on the "Poole, Bournemouth & Christchurch area cycle map" available from the Bournemouth Council, tel: 01202 458214 or download from Bournemouth Council website.
A more detailed map of the route through Poole is shown on the "Poole Cycle Route Map" available from Borough of Poole, tel: 01202 262066 or download from Borough of Poole website.