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View of Durdle Door – Woolbridge Manor House loop from Wareham

View of Durdle Door – Woolbridge Manor House loop from Wareham

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View of Durdle Door – Woolbridge Manor House loop from Wareham

02:39

60.0km

470m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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Dorset National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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837 m

Saxon Walls, Wareham

Highlight • Historical Site

You should get a good view of the northern Saxon earthen banks of the Wareham. These ramparts are some of the best examples of Saxon defences in the country.
Built by Alfred the Great in the 9th century to defend the town from the Danes as part of his system of burgh towns. The Danes invaded and occupied Wareham in 876, and only left after Alfred returned with an army and made a payment of Danegeld. In 998 they attacked again, and in 1015 an invasion led by King Canute left the town in ruins

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15.3 km

View of Durdle Door

Highlight • Beach

The view down towards the coast from this highpoint on the road is great. Hambury Tout is the hill directly south with a trig point at 134m. Lulworth Cove is to your left (looking out to sea) below West Lulworth village. To your right is Durdle Door and the Man o' War cove (images of these in the highlights) you can get down to them by turning into the car park (entrance about 100m west) and pushing the bike for a short distance.

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17.6 km

Marley Wood

Forest

25.5 km

Scenic Road to Moreton Tearooms

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

26.7 km

Hurst Heath

Forest

35.7 km

Tolpuddle Martyrs Sculpture

Highlight • Historical Site

tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk/museum/martyrs-sculpture
& Martyrs museum nearby

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43.2 km

Clouds Hill Cottage

Highlight • Historical Site

This is right on the Lawrence trail - an track, walking route - loop which runs across the heath, Bovington, Moreton. Highly recommended

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48.2 km

Woolbridge Manor House

Highlight • Other

A nice detour for any ride, this is bricks-and-mortar evidence of Hardy's relationship with his home county Dorset. This world famous author (1840-1928) based Tess of the D'Urberville's life in and around this area, which clearly meant a lot to him. Though naturally, in typical Hardy style, he changed the names of the places, and this building is officially called Woolbridge Manor House.

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48.3 km

Wool Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Closed to traffic and on a traffic free cycleway section.

Features in Hardye's Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Hardy refers to a tradition that a phantom coach drives up to Woolbridge Manor by night, but can only be seen by members of the Turberville family. The story is thought to be linked to the elopement of John Turberville with Anne, daughter of the 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon, in the 1580s. Anne’s step-brother, Thomas, was the builder of Lulworth Castle.

Might be good for looking at wading birds. Lots of water.

Original bridge collapsed (possible due to carrying tanks from Bovington during WW2 ) but the rebuild was well done by Dorset Council, sympathetic to the original and keeping what they could).

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59.0 km

Wareham Quayside and Saxon Walled Town

Highlight • Settlement

what a lovely town especially down by the Quayside. gateway to the Jurassic Coast and the best preserved Saxon Walled Town in the country

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60.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

52.5 km

3.30 km

3.00 km

763 m

196 m

143 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

52.0 km

7.95 km

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

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Weather

Friday 17 July

27°C

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View of Durdle Door – Woolbridge Manor House loop from Wareham

Saxon Walls, Wareham

View of Durdle Door

Scenic Road to Moreton Tearooms

Tolpuddle Martyrs Sculpture

Clouds Hill Cottage

Woolbridge Manor House

Wool Bridge

Wareham Quayside and Saxon Walled Town

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