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Purbeck
Swanage

Wareham Quay – Entrance Road to Corfe Castle loop from Swanage

Routes
Road cycling routes
United Kingdom
England
South West England
Dorset
Purbeck
Swanage

Wareham Quay – Entrance Road to Corfe Castle loop from Swanage

Moderate

5.0

(1)

16

riders

Wareham Quay – Entrance Road to Corfe Castle loop from Swanage

02:07

51.8km

320m

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: May 10, 2026

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Dorset National Landscape

Waypoints

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Parking

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24.2 km

Woolbridge Manor House

Highlight • Other

A nice detour for any ride, this is bricks-and-mortar evidence of Hardy's relationship with his home county Dorset. This world famous author (1840-1928) based Tess of the D'Urberville's life in …

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2

24.2 km

Wool Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Closed to traffic and on a traffic free cycleway section.

Features in Hardye's Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Hardy refers to a tradition that a phantom coach drives up to Woolbridge …

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3

32.5 km

what a lovely town especially down by the Quayside. gateway to the Jurassic Coast and the best preserved Saxon Walled Town in the country

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32.5 km

Corfe Castle Village Square

Highlight • Settlement

This is Corfe Castle museum, not Wareham

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32.8 km

Wareham Quay

Highlight • Historical Site

A historic market town on the banks of the River Frome in Dorset, Wareham has plenty of pretty buildings and riverside relaxation spots. The quayside is particularly lovely with the …

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33.8 km

Heathland Road in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Not recommended (July 2022). Has been poorly resurfaced with rough chippings, making very hard work for a road bike if southbound. Mostly tolerable if northbound, i.e. mainly downhill, but still not great.

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42.2 km

Entrance Road to Corfe Castle

Highlight • Castle

Watch out in summer months for the tourists on the bend

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48.8 km

Descent Into Swanage

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Down into Swanage - Full beans

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51.8 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.4 km

22.4 km

501 m

372 m

124 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

51.7 km

166 m

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