Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Golden Cap Summit – Thorncombe Beacon loop from Symondsbury

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Golden Cap Summit – Thorncombe Beacon loop from Symondsbury

Hard

4.0

(2)

hikers

Golden Cap Summit – Thorncombe Beacon loop from Symondsbury

05:01

17.1km

470m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Dorset National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

6.41 km

View of West Cliff and Lyme Bay

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

West Cliff rises spectacularly between West Bay and Eype Mouth above Dorset's Lyme Bay. From this cliff path, you can see the vast Thorncombe Beacon to the west and, in …

Tip by

6.95 km

Burton Bradstock Beach and River

Highlight • River

Be advised the car park is no longer an honesty box. it is run by euro car parks with an ANPR camera. the machine and signage have been heavily vandalised

Tip by

9.23 km

Doghouse Hill

Highlight (Segment) • Summit

Very nice hiking trail with a great view. It is believed that this area was already settled in the Mesolithic. However, 6,000 to 8,000 years ago, the residents of that …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

10.1 km

The Anchor Inn, Seatown

Highlight • Beach

A great pub with excellent food and well-kept beer. A wonderful setting with a nice beer garden on the edge of the beach. Parking opposite (pay and display).

Tip by

10.8 km

Steps Between Seatown and Golden Cap

Highlight • Trail

There's steps.... like a lot of them!!!! good old leg burning steps!!!

Tip by

10.9 km

Golden Cap Summit

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

This famous landmark rises to 191m or 627 feet, making it the highest point on the south coast of England. The climb to the top is a challenge, but the …

Tip by

11.8 km

Standing at 626 feet (191 m), Golden Cap is the highest point on the South Coast. From the cliff, you are afforded utterly breathtaking views over Lyme Bay to Dartmoor and ahead to the Isle of Portland.

Tip by

15.2 km

Thorncombe Beacon

Highlight • Viewpoint

Thorncombe Beacon once formed part of a chain of beacon sites along the South Coast to warn of the approach of the Spanish Armada in 1588. These days, you can still enjoy wonderful coastal views from this great vantage point.

Tip by

17.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.45 km

6.28 km

2.04 km

883 m

397 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.29 km

4.61 km

2.03 km

2.01 km

761 m

262 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Wednesday 27 May

22°C

16°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Nearby routes

Hard

4.7

950

A loop of Portland from Chesil Beach

05:36h

20.3km

330m

Moderate

4.7

477

Golden Cap Circular Trail

03:10h

10.8km

290m

Moderate

4.7

244

Golden Cap Trust 10

03:07h

10.6km

290m

Moderate

4.4

278

Charmouth & East Beach loop from Lyme Regis — Dorset

02:42h

9.41km

220m

Moderate

4.7

320

South West Coast Path: Beer and Branscombe Circular

02:01h

6.86km

190m

Moderate

4.7

203

Golden Cap and Stonebarrow Hill Circular Trail

02:46h

9.26km

280m

Hard

4.5

298

South West Coast Path: Seaton to Lyme Regis via The Undercliff

07:05h

24.8km

560m

Moderate

4.7

191

Minterne Magna and the Cerne Giant loop

03:02h

11.0km

190m

Moderate

4.6

125

Burton Bradstock loop — National Trust walks in North and West Dorset

02:30h

9.36km

100m

Moderate

4.6

120

Burton Bradstock coastal walk from Hive Beach

02:32h

9.49km

100m

Easy

4.4

123

Herepath Trail - Castle Neroche

01:53h

6.40km

180m

Moderate

4.8

163

Abbotsbury and Chesil Beach views — National Trust coastal walks in West Dorset

03:01h

10.6km

230m

Golden Cap Summit – Thorncombe Beacon loop from Symondsbury

View of West Cliff and Lyme Bay

Burton Bradstock Beach and River

Doghouse Hill

The Anchor Inn, Seatown

Steps Between Seatown and Golden Cap

Golden Cap Summit

Golden Cap Summit

Thorncombe Beacon

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️