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Shipstal trail

Loop Walk · Dorset

100

XP

about 48 min walking

Easy
3.85 km
Loop
Graded from its length and climb.

Shipstal trail, part of Arne RSPB reserve. Permissive route for people who have paid to access the reserve

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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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Leisurely walk

Mostly flat, no real climbs.

Climb

19 m

Drop

24 m

Highest

35 m

Lowest

4 m

Walking time

about 48 min

Which way round

Anticlockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

Clockwise: No steep climbing, no steep descents.

No steep ground — the same effort whichever way you go.

How the 3.8 km splits

Flat

1.9 km

Climbing

0.9 km

Descending

1.0 km

Campsites near the start

Haven Rockley

3.3 km from the start

Embers Camping - Purbeck Campsite

3.5 km from the start · 3.3★ (4)

Ridge Farm Camping and Caravan Park

3.6 km from the start · 4.5★ (147)

Redcliffe Farm Campsite

3.9 km from the start · 4.7★ (131)

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