Balloon Rides Over Dorset

Dorset is full of contrast with breathtaking scenery and spectacular countryside, rolling hills and an unsurpassed coastline stretching 140 kilometers with much of it having World Heritage Coast status.

Dorset varied land has extensive heathlands to the East, chalk down land in the centre with a mass of rivers and streams heading to the west which becomes hilly with the landscape full of woodland and small fields.

Balloon Flights in Dorset meet at Sherborne and Shaftesbury and generally fly within the Crewkerne / Bruton / Warminster / Blandford area:

Sherborne: In a picturesque location on the Dorset and Somerset border set amongst lush green valleys and wooded hills. The town founded by the Saxons, has a wealth of history still apparent today along with many independent shops selling antiques and fine art, which the town is well known for.

With a flight from Sherborne you can see many medieval buildings still standing in the town, along with the Abbey, the famous historic Sherborne Castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh, and views of unspoilt heathland, the river Store and the Blackmore Vale.

Shaftesbury: One of England’s oldest and highest towns, with a history dating back to medieval times and a wealth of tradition. The town was much loved by Thomas Hardy and used in some of his novels.

With flights from Shaftesbury views can include the towns famous steep cobbled Gold Hill used in the Hovis bread advertisements, rolling countryside, the breathtaking views of the Blackmore Vale, the Fovant badges and across to the West Wiltshire Downs.

Flights from the Sherborne / Shaftesbury areas frequently provide views as far away as Weston Super Mare and The Severn Bridge to the north, Poole and Bournemouth to the southeast and Chesil Beach and Lyme Bay to the south.