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Entrance Road to Corfe Castle – Swanage Seafront loop from Ballard Down

Entrance Road to Corfe Castle – Swanage Seafront loop from Ballard Down

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Entrance Road to Corfe Castle – Swanage Seafront loop from Ballard Down

01:17

26.2km

400m

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: May 28, 2026

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Dorset National Landscape

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3.01 km

View of Poole Harbour

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Worth the climb for stunning views of the harbour

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8.37 km

Entrance Road to Corfe Castle

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Watch out in summer months for the tourists on the bend

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10.6 km

View of Corfe Castle from Kingston Hill

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Fantastic leg tester - Huge incline but beautiful views at the top

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11.4 km

The Scott Arms Pub & Beer Garden

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Good mid-ride coffee in a pub that celebrates the stone masonry and quarry work that took place in this area.

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12.5 km

Corfe Castle and Poole Harbour View

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14.8 km

The area is very popular for walking and a number of our walking trails pass through or near these villages.The 'Smugglers Ways' begins at Worth Matravers and then travels down to the coast path and back again to visit where smugglers were known to bring their goods ashore. The 'Commoners Ways' starts at Kingston travelling south to Corfe Castle and back again. Another walking route is the Purbeck Way, of which part travels from Corfe Castle, past Kingston and ends at Chapman's Pool just outside Worth Matravers village.
A monument on St Aldhelm's head, about a mile from the village, commemorates the development of radar by the Telecommunications Research Establishment at RAF Worth Matravers which was also one of the Chain Home radar stations during World War II, which proved decisive in the allied victory of that war. A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post is situated in the layby on the road to Worth Matravers.

About a mile from the village is Winspit, an old quarry on the cliffs. This was used as a filming location for an episode of Blake's 7 and also in two Doctor Who stories.

On the bluff of the headland is the Norman Saint Aldhelm's Chapel dedicated to St Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne.

The village is also well known for the Square and Compass, a Grade II listed public house, which has operated since 1793. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It holds an annual week-long stone carving festival and accommodates a small museum exhibiting fossils and other local artefacts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worth_Matravers
visit-dorset.com/explore/kingston-worth-matravers-and-langton-matravers-p1023473

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18.8 km

Descent Into Swanage

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Down into Swanage - Full beans

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21.4 km

Swanage Seafront

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This stretch along the Swanage seafront is just blissful. There's plenty to see and do in this pretty town and you can ride around a lot of it, although away from the sea it does get hilly. Pay attention to signs as there are sections where you can't cycle.

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26.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.0 km

3.96 km

165 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

26.1 km

< 100 m

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Entrance Road to Corfe Castle – Swanage Seafront loop from Ballard Down

View of Poole Harbour

Entrance Road to Corfe Castle

View of Corfe Castle from Kingston Hill

The Scott Arms Pub & Beer Garden

Corfe Castle and Poole Harbour View

Worth Matravers village

Descent Into Swanage

Swanage Seafront

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