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South Dorset Ridgeway

Waymarked Way · Dorset

650

XP

about 6 h 18 min walking

Strenuous
27.21 km
Linear
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Hilly walk

3 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

516 m

Drop

499 m

Highest

235 m

Lowest

10 m

Walking time

about 6 h 18 min

Which way round

As mapped: Climbs 13% for 550 m early on, comes down 13% for 500 m near the end.

Reversed: Climbs 13% for 500 m early on, comes down 13% for 550 m near the end.

Little height either way — ride it whichever way suits.

Main climb: km 0.0–3.2, from 10 m to 210 m.

How the 27.2 km splits

Flat

13.2 km

Climbing

6.3 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.6 km

Descending

6.4 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.7 km

Link it with other walks

Jubilee Trail (Dorset)

Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 10.2, 16.9, 17.8

143.74 km

A nature walk at West Bexington, Hive Beach

Starts here too · Shares 1.7 km of path · meets at km 0.0

3.41 km

Mini Explorer Trail and Brass Rubbing, Hardy Monument

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 9.7, 9.8

1.98 km

King Charles III England Coast Path: Portland to Lulworth

Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 26.5

31.81 km

South West Coast Path

Crosses at km 0.0, 26.7

1039.56 km

National Cycle Network Route 26

Crosses at km 16.4

19.87 km

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