View of Durdle Door – Woolbridge Manor House loop from Wareham

View of Durdle Door – Woolbridge Manor House loop from Wareham

Moderate

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View of Durdle Door – Woolbridge Manor House loop from Wareham

02:39

60.0km

470m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Dorset National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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837 m

Saxon Walls, Wareham

Highlight • Historical Site

You should get a good view of the northern Saxon earthen banks of the Wareham. These ramparts are some of the best examples of Saxon defences in the country.
Built …

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15.3 km

View of Durdle Door

Highlight • Beach

The view down towards the coast from this highpoint on the road is great. Hambury Tout is the hill directly south with a trig point at 134m. Lulworth Cove is …

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17.6 km

Marley Wood

Forest

25.5 km

Scenic Road to Moreton Tearooms

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

26.7 km

Hurst Heath

Forest

35.7 km

Tolpuddle Martyrs Sculpture

Highlight • Historical Site

tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk/museum/martyrs-sculpture
& Martyrs museum nearby

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43.2 km

Clouds Hill Cottage

Highlight • Historical Site

This is right on the Lawrence trail - an track, walking route - loop which runs across the heath, Bovington, Moreton. Highly recommended

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48.2 km

Woolbridge Manor House

Highlight • Other

A nice detour for any ride, this is bricks-and-mortar evidence of Hardy's relationship with his home county Dorset. This world famous author (1840-1928) based Tess of the D'Urberville's life in …

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48.3 km

Wool Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Closed to traffic and on a traffic free cycleway section.

Features in Hardye's Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Hardy refers to a tradition that a phantom coach drives up to Woolbridge …

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59.0 km