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Durweston Mill – Black Cactus Café loop from Shapwick

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Durweston Mill – Black Cactus Café loop from Shapwick

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Durweston Mill – Black Cactus Café loop from Shapwick

03:32

42.7km

410m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

Dorset National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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211 m

View of Badbury Rings

Highlight • Historical Site

Badbury Ring is an Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, which has 3 rings of ramparts and ditches, dating from around 800BC.

The Badbury Rings are now owned by the National …

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7.88 km

Launceston Wood

Forest

25.0 km

Durweston Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

A five-acre island surrounded by the River Stour with a campsite, old mill buildings, mill pool and peaceful stretch of the river.

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27.1 km

View from North Dorset Trailway

Highlight • Cycleway

using North Dorset trancil

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29.5 km

Start of the North Dorset Trailway in Blandford Forum

Highlight • Trail

Nice easy going route from Blandford to Sturminster Newton, running along old railway line. Very easy going gravel.
Bit of history in nearby Railway Garden: flickr.com/photos/93122458@N08/17454467195/in/photostream

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30.4 km

Offcamber Cycles

Highlight • Other

Great family owned bike shop.

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31.1 km

Black Cactus Café

Highlight • Cafe

Black Cactus is a very friendly cafe with delicious food. you can charge up, recharge and refresh. Nice space to park your bikes right infront too. dogs also welcome.

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34.1 km

Charlton Beeches

Forest

36.7 km

Blandford Disused Railway Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

You won't be able to catch a train here, but it's a pleasant place to catch your breath on the old train line

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37.6 km

Crawford Bridge over the River Stour

Highlight • Historical Site

Of medieval origin but widened in the 1800s, this stone bridge spans the River Stour at Spetisbury and is a lovely place to pause (in one of the cut-waters) and admire the river as it ambles south.

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42.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.5 km

8.99 km

8.45 km

4.67 km

854 m

263 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.4 km

13.0 km

4.68 km

1.16 km

437 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

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Sunday 24 May

31°C

12°C

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Durweston Mill – Black Cactus Café loop from Shapwick

View of Badbury Rings

Durweston Mill

View from North Dorset Trailway

Start of the North Dorset Trailway in Blandford Forum

Offcamber Cycles

Black Cactus Café

Blandford Disused Railway Trail

Crawford Bridge over the River Stour

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