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The limestone arch of Durdle Door in turquoise sea below chalk cliffs on Dorset's Jurassic Coast

Walks in Dorset

18 routes with stories of the places you pass, narrated and set to original music. Walk, run or ride them.

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Dorset walking follows the Jurassic Coast and the chalk hills behind it. Loops from Wareham take in Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door, Old Harry Rocks above Studland, and the Purbeck Ridge to Corfe Castle. Further west, Golden Cap rises over Seatown, the coast path runs from Charmouth to Lyme Regis, and riders can head from Weymouth out to Portland Bill.

You'll hear about the Iron Age ramparts of Maiden Castle, the swans of Abbotsbury and St Catherine's Chapel on the hill above them, Clavell Tower at Kimmeridge Bay, The Cobb at Lyme Regis and the heathland birds of RSPB Arne.

Routes18
Towns9
Distance6.2 to 22.8 km
By bike18

Towns with several routes

Each has its own page, with the routes that start nearby.

All 18 routes in Dorset

Cerne Abbas · Chideock · Corfe Castle · Overcombe · Portesham · Sherborne · Sixpenny Handley · Swanage · Wool

Wool, Dorset

Cycle from Tyneham to Egmont Point near Wool.

22.8 km · ≈ 1 h 53 · ↑ 459 m
Cycle· Circular
Portesham, Dorset

Run from Abbotsbury past Abbotsbury Castle and Chesil Beach.

9.6 km · ≈ 48 min · ↑ 205 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Corfe Castle, Dorset

Run the Kimmeridge and Tyneham route from Corfe Castle.

10.8 km · ≈ 57 min · ↑ 270 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Overcombe, Dorset

Walk the White Horse from Overcombe near Osmington.

6.2 km · ≈ 1 h 39 · ↑ 165 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Cerne Abbas, Dorset

Run from Kettle Bridge to Minterne Magna near Cerne Abbas.

10.8 km · ≈ 52 min · ↑ 196 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Corfe Castle, Dorset

Cycle from Kimmeridge to Swyre Head and Tyneham Cap.

20.2 km · ≈ 1 h 38 · ↑ 371 m
Cycle· Circular
Overcombe, Dorset

Run Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove from Overcombe.

14.7 km · ≈ 1 h 17 · ↑ 368 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Wool, Dorset

Run from Lulworth Cove past Durdle Door to Wool.

11.2 km · ≈ 1 h 02 · ↑ 328 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Portesham, Dorset

Run the Fleet route from Langton Herring, near Portesham.

11.5 km · ≈ 51 min · ↑ 124 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Chideock, Dorset

Walk to Golden Cap, the seaside cliff, from Seatown.

6.7 km · ≈ 1 h 57 · ↑ 274 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Corfe Castle, Dorset

Run Houns-tout and Swyre Head from Kimmeridge.

14.2 km · ≈ 1 h 10 · ↑ 276 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Portesham, Dorset

Run from Abbotsbury to Littlebredy near Portesham.

12 km · ≈ 1 h 05 · ↑ 339 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Overcombe, Dorset

Run White Nothe and Moigns Down in Overcombe.

15.6 km · ≈ 1 h 16 · ↑ 296 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Overcombe, Dorset

Run White Nothe from Ringstead Bay near Overcombe.

9.3 km · ≈ 48 min · ↑ 212 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Sixpenny Handley, Dorset

Run the Ackling Dyke route from Sixpenny Handley.

14.2 km · ≈ 59 min · ↑ 102 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Chideock, Dorset

Walk to Golden Cap, the seaside cliff, from Charmouth.

7.1 km · ≈ 1 h 55 · ↑ 206 m
Walk · Run · Cycle· Circular
Sherborne, Dorset

Run through Sherborne Park and on to Oborne villages.

9.7 km · ≈ 45 min · ↑ 146 m
Run · Cycle· Circular
Swanage, Dorset

Run the Purbeck coast from Swanage along the seaside cliffs.

16.6 km · ≈ 1 h 24 · ↑ 366 m
Run · Cycle· Circular

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