View of Weymouth Bay – Rhododendron Mile loop from Cerne Abbas
View of Weymouth Bay – Rhododendron Mile loop from Cerne Abbas
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View of Weymouth Bay – Rhododendron Mile loop from Cerne Abbas
04:17
88.5km
870m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: April 16, 2026
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Start point
Parking
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13.9 km
Greys Bridge
Highlight • Bridge
The bridge marks the boundary between town and country. Then, as now, Casterbridge “… had no suburbs—in the ordinary sense. Country and town met at a mathematical line.” Beyond lie the water meadows and corn fields Hardy calls Durnover Moor.
A small path through the meadows to the north side of Grey’s Bridge leads up river 50 yards or so to the pool called Ten Hatches Weir. Here, Michael Henchard intended to drown himself, after finding his own effigy floating in the water.
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21.0 km
View of Weymouth Bay
Highlight • Viewpoint
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22.5 km
View of Weymouth Bay
Highlight • Viewpoint
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39.5 km
Hurst Heath
Forest
41.8 km
Waddock Copse
Forest
43.2 km
Sculpture by the Lakes
Highlight • Monument
The cafe is highly pretentious and was a complete waste of time serving only four or five main meals ~£12 per meal with no indication of accompaniments or drinks menu.
If you want sandwiches or something light it is pre-made pre-packed from a takeaway pantry and there is nowhere to sit down to eat them.
The bike racks are useless wheelbending hoops , not even bolted down and hence failing my insurance requirements for an ebike to lock to an immovable object.
I am sure the sculptures are stunning unfortunately we were so put off we decided against viewing or returning at a later date.
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48.3 km
Rhododendron Mile
Highlight (Segment) • Forest
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64.3 km
St Pancras Church
Highlight • Religious Site
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88.3 km
Cerne Abbas Giant
Highlight • Monument
Measuring at 55 metres (180 ft) high, the origin of the figure of a man wielding a club on Trendle Hill is unknown.
The chalk figure is often thought to be ancient, yet there is no evidence for its existence prior to drawings found from the early 1700s.
It is made from a series of narrow, small trenches filled with chalk rubble, and is maintained by the National Trust.
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88.5 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
71.8 km
16.1 km
553 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
65.6 km
22.5 km
495 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (230 m)
Lowest point (10 m)
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