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View of Cerne Valley – Minterne Gardens loop from Minterne Magna

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View of Cerne Valley – Minterne Gardens loop from Minterne Magna

Easy

4.7

(6)

9

hikers

View of Cerne Valley – Minterne Gardens loop from Minterne Magna

01:29

5.11km

140m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Dorset National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

124 m

Gravel Track to Minterne Magna

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Good gravel track. At the top you can take the bridleway to Telegraph Hill or the track descending to the road through Up Cerne

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2

3.73 km

View of Cerne Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Cerne Valley offers quintessentially gorgeous Dorset vistas, blending rolling chalk hills with patchy, vibrant green pastures and ancient woodlands. Historic, golden-stone villages like Cerne Abbas nestle snugly along the …

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3

4.57 km

Sunflower Field in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

Pick the right time of year to see them..... Unlike me, and get the times wrong and it's just a field.

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4

5.02 km

St Andrew's Church, Yetminster

Highlight • Religious Site

This church has a late medieval origin, but it also features elements from other periods, such as the 17th-century North chapel and the early 19th-century tower.

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5

5.03 km

Minterne Gardens

Highlight • Lake

Nationally important Minterne Magna Gardens - famous for their Himalayan gardens. Dependent on the season, tea, coffe and cake on the terrace over looking capability brown inspired landscaped gardens

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6

5.05 km

St. Michael's Church, Dorset

Highlight • Religious Site

B

5.11 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.06 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.28 km

944 m

423 m

412 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

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