A nature walk at West Bexington, Hive Beach

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Loop Walk · Dorset

200

about 55 min walking

Easy

3.41 km

Loop

1:00

Graded from its length and climb.

156 m

80 m

5 m

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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

2 steep stretches — marked on the map.

Climb

138 m

Drop

134 m

Highest

146 m

Lowest

8 m

Which way round

Anticlockwise: Climbs 12% for 810 m early on, comes down 14% for 550 m near the end.

Clockwise: Climbs 14% for 550 m early on, comes down 12% for 810 m midway.

Steep ground on both sides in similar amounts — go whichever way suits you.

Main climb: km 0.0–2.2, from 8 m to 135 m.

How the 3.4 km splits

Flat

0.6 km

Climbing

0.5 km

Steep climbing (10–15%)

0.8 km

Descending

1.0 km

Steep descending (10–15%)

0.5 km

Link it with other walks

South Dorset Ridgeway

Starts here too · Shares 1.8 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 1.6

27.21 km

South West Coast Path

Shares 0.5 km of path · meets at km 0.0, 3.4

1039.56 km

Campsites near the start

Freshwater Beach Holiday Park

6.2 km from the start · 4.5★ (1804)

Portesham Dairy Farm Campsite

7.2 km from the start · 4.7★ (667)

Feather Down East Shilvinghampton Farm

10 km from the start · 4.7★ (25)

West Fleet Holiday Farm

10.7 km from the start · 4.2★ (320)