Win Green

At 911 feet, Win Green is the highest point in Cranborne Chase, and its summit looks out to the Isle of Wight, the Purbeck Hills, Blackmore Vale and Salisbury Plain. The landmark clump of beech trees on top grows on a Bronze Age bowl barrow and can be seen for miles, and a topograph beside it picks out Shaftesbury and the Needles. The Ox Drove, an ancient route along which cattle were herded from Devon and Somerset to the Hampshire ports, runs past the hill. Since grazing was reintroduced the chalk downland has grown richer in flowers, including common spotted and bee orchids; in summer look for marbled white and chalkhill blue butterflies and listen for skylarks, with waxcap mushrooms from late summer. The breezy top suits kite flying and picnics. Reviewers single out the sweeping 360-degree views. Tips from visitors: the access track and car park are unmade and bumpy, and there are no toilets. Dogs on leads are welcome.