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View of Minterne House – Minterne Gardens loop from Up Cerne

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View of Minterne House – Minterne Gardens loop from Up Cerne

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View of Minterne House – Minterne Gardens loop from Up Cerne

02:03

7.10km

180m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

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Dorset National Landscape

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279 m

View of Up Cerne Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

Not a lake. The water "behind" Up Cerne Manor is a specific formal water feature—a serpentine canal pond—as well as the River Cerne itself, which flows through the valley just …

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2.40 km

View of the Dorset Chalk Downlands

Highlight • Viewpoint

3.10 km

Woodland Singletrack in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Viewpoint

Suitable for CX and gravel bike. Be careful of slippery roots though!

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3.12 km

View of Minterne House

Highlight • Historical Site

Great view of the impressive Minterne house.

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4.38 km

Sunflower Field in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

4.82 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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4.84 km

Minterne Gardens

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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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4.85 km

St. Michael's Church, Dorset

Highlight • Religious Site

7.10 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.09 km

Surfaces

5.24 km

1.26 km

481 m

110 m

Elevation

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Lowest point (140 m)

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View of Minterne House – Minterne Gardens loop from Up Cerne

View of Up Cerne Lake

View of the Dorset Chalk Downlands

Woodland Singletrack in Dorset National Landscape

View of Minterne House

Sunflower Field in Dorset National Landscape

St Andrew's Church, Yetminster

Minterne Gardens

St. Michael's Church, Dorset

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