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Blandford Forum Market Place – The Cliff Ascent loop from Hammoon

Blandford Forum Market Place – The Cliff Ascent loop from Hammoon

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5.0

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Blandford Forum Market Place – The Cliff Ascent loop from Hammoon

02:30

51.7km

570m

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 22, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Dorset National Landscape

Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.55 km

Okeford Hill Viewpoint

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A leg-burning and lung-bustlingly steep climb but totally worth it for the view. There's a beacon up here worth looking out for as it was used during the Spanish Armada. …

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16.2 km

View of the River Stour and Stone Arch Bridge

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From this beautiful multi-arched stone bridge, you can enjoy views of the River Stour as it flows through Blandford Forum. The only downside is that it has a sidewalk on only one side.

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16.5 km

Union Hotel

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Good pub part or hall and Woodhouse brewery which is the local brewery

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16.8 km

Blandford Forum Market Place

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Blandford destroyed by fire then rebuilt by the Bastard Brothers resulting in one of the most beautiful town centres in England

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26.1 km

The Cliff Ascent

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Do it the other way - much more fun as a descent!

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26.7 km

Tarrant's Descent

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Steep descent. Slow down for the junction at the bottom.

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47.1 km

pretty village of Childe Okeford. a good pub, village store and church. You can do a walk from here to the top of Hambledon Hill Iron Age Fort with some of the greatest views in Dorset into Wiltshire.

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51.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

44.5 km

4.18 km

2.26 km

722 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

40.1 km

11.5 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

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Friday 22 May

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Blandford Forum Market Place – The Cliff Ascent loop from Hammoon

Okeford Hill Viewpoint

View of the River Stour and Stone Arch Bridge

Union Hotel

Blandford Forum Market Place

The Cliff Ascent

Tarrant's Descent

Child Okeford Village

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