We have introduced a walk of the week for our newsletter subscribers to enjoy over the weekend.

Each Friday we will be sharing a circular walk in and around our local area with directions and photos. We use the OS Map app, which is very useful if you are out walking.

This week's walk is a three-mile loop around Maiden Newton. There are some steep inclines and uneven paths in places, as well as some paths being quite overgrown, but passable. It takes around one and a half hours.

Start on Dorchester Road at the junction with Church Road by the shaft of the market cross. Go down Dorchester Road towards 64 Newsagents.

Walk past the church on your left and go over a bridge before going down the footpath on your left just before a pink house. Go over the bridge and follow the path straight on. Follow the path through the grass, following it round to the left when the field opens up. Then go through the gate and continue straight.

Stay on this path until it meets a field and turn left to walk along the edge before turning left and going through the metal gate. Turn right onto the road. Continue along this road until it turns sharply right and continue straight, passing Downfrome House and a little chapel on your left.

Follow the road past some houses and through a wooden gate into a field. Follow a faint path round to the right and keep to the right. There were some lovely inquisitive cows in this field. Follow a rocky path through to another field and keep to its right side and follow it round to the left at the top of the field, going through a path between trees to the next field.

Continue along the right-hand side before going through the metal gate on your right and turn left onto the road. stay on this road until you get to a footpath on your left, signposted 'Maiden Newton', go down there.

Keep following the path until you get to a very narrow bridge ahead. Don't go over it, turn right instead and follow the path through a field and round to the left. Follow the path and it will bring you to a gate on your right onto a road. Take care crossing the road and go up the lane opposite.

Go under the rail bridge and follow the lane round to the right. Stay on this track. Where it turns to the right, continue straight on a grassier track.

Keep going up the hill and look out for an opening on your left - around 0.35 miles after the right-hand turn - which has no gate. Go through there and walk straight down the right-hand side. There is a very faint path and a corn field currently on the right.

Take care here as the ground is very rocky and uneven.

Keep going until you get to the end of the field. It is quite overgrown but there is a path hidden in the corner just after the tree which leads to a stile. The footpath over the stile is very overgrown with brambles, but only lasts for around six or seven metres.

Follow the path through a field and it will take you down into woodland and over a stile before coming out into a corn field. Follow the path ahead in between crops.

Eventually the path will go to the edge of the field and continue until it comes out onto a lane. Turn left here.

Go past the village hall on your left and when you get to the main road, turn left.

Stay on this road, going round to the left at the war memorial, and you will be back at the start.

We came across cows and an adder on this walk so please do take extra care.

This walk is just a suggestion, you can of course take any different routes you wish to make it more direct or make it longer. Always take extra care where the ground is uneven or wet.

Please leave gates as you find them - if you opened it, close it.

Please keep dogs on leads around livestock.