Swanage Beach – Swanage Beach loop from Swanage

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Swanage Beach – Swanage Beach loop from Swanage

Moderate

4.5

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Swanage Beach – Swanage Beach loop from Swanage

02:16

8.06km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a short out-and-back section

Your route doubles back at a waypoint. If this isn’t intentional, adjust the waypoint’s position.

After 4.56 km for 36 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.11 km

Swanage Beach

Highlight (Segment) • Beach

Swanage beach stretches along the town's entire seafront and is mostly sandy with some pebble sections. There's plenty to do here, and the beach has lifeguards at the swimming section …

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1.73 km

View of Swanage Bay

Highlight • Viewpoint

at low tide you can continue along the shore.

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2.69 km

View of Swanage Bay from Ballard Down

Highlight • Trail

Great views of Swanage from the top of the cliff looking southwest. Can get windy but it's also a good rest spot, especially after the climb from the beach.

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3.11 km

View of Swanage Bay from Ballard Cliff

Highlight • Natural Monument

Ballard Cliff is part of the Jurassic Coast near Swanage in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. The steeply dipping Cretaceous chalk that marks the northern end of Swanage Bay …

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4.10 km

View of Swanage Bay

Highlight • Viewpoint

The town, originally a small port and fishing village, flourished in the Victorian era, when it first became a significant quarrying port and later a seaside resort for the rich …

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4.16 km

View of Brownsea Island and Poole Harbour

Highlight • Natural

Extremely exposed but fantastic views

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4.57 km

Purbeck Way — Coastal View

Highlight • Trail

Depending on which way you're going, it's either a steep decline or an incline, and if it's raining, or it's rained recently, it makes for a very muddy heavy footed slippy workout.

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7.70 km