Hive Beach Café – Eggardon Hill Trig Point loop from West Bay

Hive Beach Café – Eggardon Hill Trig Point loop from West Bay

Moderate

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Hive Beach Café – Eggardon Hill Trig Point loop from West Bay

03:00

55.5km

840m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

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5.25 km

View of Golden East Cliff, West Bay

Highlight • Natural Monument

walk out to the end of the pier to get the best views of the Golden East Cliff

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5.81 km

West Bay Coastal View

Highlight • Beach

Try the small museum and walk all the way along the esplanade to the end of the new pier to really for one of the best views of those golden cliffs and the jurassic coast

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9.43 km

Hive Beach Café

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautiful beach and a great cafe with outside seating. Cafe open daily from 10am.

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9.85 km

View of the Jurassic Coast from the B3157

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

A 7.5km stretch of road where you can see the sea along the Jurassic Coast.

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20.0 km

St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury

Highlight • Viewpoint

The classic Abbotsbury view is of Chesil Beach. It's a quaint village with a swannery, but the roads are so nice you'll probably be going too fast to look at the birds.

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24.8 km

Valley of Stones

Highlight • Natural Monument

This National Nature Reserve has an unusual train of sarsen stones – boulders strewn across the valley, tumbled down from the ridge during the last Ice Age

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38.9 km

Eggardon Hill in southern Dorset has a trig point at 252m above sea level. It was an Iron Age hill fort and is now managed by the National Trust (free entry).
Great views inland and down to the coast.

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