THE LATEST public walks along the Heart of Wessex Railway Line between Weymouth and Bristol have been announced.

The Wessex Wanderer walks for August include a nine-mile walk from Keynsham to Bath Spa on Thursday.

There will then be an 11 to 12-mile medium paced walk from Maiden Newton to Dorchester on Saturday, August 16. The following Saturday, August 23, sees an eight to nine-mile flat circular walk head out from Bradford on Avon before a seven-mile walk from Yeovil Pen Mill on Wednesday, August 27.

The final route of the month is a nine-mile circuit from Upwey on Sunday, August 31 taking in the South Dorset Ridgeway, Friar Waddon and Broadwey. For information call 0117 9798628.