Eggardon Hill Trig Point – Weymouth Bay Cycle Path loop from Osmington

Eggardon Hill Trig Point – Weymouth Bay Cycle Path loop from Osmington

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Eggardon Hill Trig Point – Weymouth Bay Cycle Path loop from Osmington

04:22

87.0km

980m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 23, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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8.62 km

View of Weymouth and Dorchester

Highlight • Cycleway

Be careful as it is unpaved. Passable on a road bike, and offers a good alternative to busy roads.

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26.6 km

Eggardon Hill Trig Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

Eggardon Hill in southern Dorset has a trig point at 252m above sea level. It was an Iron Age hill fort and is now managed by the National Trust (free entry).
Great views inland and down to the coast.

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39.1 km

West Bay Coastal View

Highlight • Beach

Try the small museum and walk all the way along the esplanade to the end of the new pier to really for one of the best views of those golden cliffs and the jurassic coast

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56.3 km

Valley of Stones

Highlight • Natural Monument

This National Nature Reserve has an unusual train of sarsen stones – boulders strewn across the valley, tumbled down from the ridge during the last Ice Age

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59.2 km

Oxlip Coppice

Forest

59.9 km

St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury

Highlight • Viewpoint

The classic Abbotsbury view is of Chesil Beach. It's a quaint village with a swannery, but the roads are so nice you'll probably be going too fast to look at the birds.

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62.5 km

Chester's Coppice

Forest

67.1 km

Winters Lane

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A great quiet lane for faster riding leaving Portesham heading east, with some twisty bits and a lovely view down to the sea.

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80.2 km

Weymouth Bay Beach Hut

Highlight • Beach

One of the Nicest Georgian Esplanades in the Country

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83.0 km

Weymouth Bay Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Take note of the restrictions along this shared pedestrian - cycle path. From May 1st to October not possible to cycle between 1000 and 1800 (or something like that). In …

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87.0 km

End point

Bus stop

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