Routes

Southern Purbeck Hills

14miles

Length

350meters

Elevation gain

2hours 2minutes

Average time

Off Road

Ride Type

Swanage, Priests Way, Worth Matravers, Kingston, Corfe Castle and Harmans Cross. Some steep climbs on and off road and fast off road tracks.

Start: Main Beach Car Park
Victoria Avenue
Swanage
BH19 1PW
OS Grid Ref: SZ 02667 79104


These routes have been recorded using a Garmin GPS unit. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the available data files due to differences between GPS devices.


Route

1 - Victoria Avenue

Elevation: 5 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 02676 79130
Lat, long: 50.61188, -1.96354

Start from the Car park in Victoria Avenue, exit the car park and turn right onto Victoria Avenue

2 - Victoria Avenue and Rempstone Road

Elevation: 9 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 02944 79127
Lat, long: 50.61185, -1.95975

Turn right at the traffic lights onto Rempstone Road and continue along the road until you come to the small roundabout at Station Road

3 - Station Road

Elevation: 5 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 02967 78910
Lat, long: 50.60989, -1.95943

Turn left and continue along Station Road and turn right at the junction next to Boots

4 - Junction at Boots

Elevation: 5 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 03102 78840
Lat, long: 50.60927, -1.95752

Turn right and continue on the right side of the road until you come to the junction with the High Street

5 - Institute Road and The Square

Elevation: 5 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 03163 78738
Lat, long: 50.60835, -1.95666

Turn right onto the High Street and continue straight ahead at the next junction and follow the High Street up a slight hill and continue until you come to a Y junction with Priests Road.

6 - High Street and Priests Road

Elevation: 15 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 02522 78714
Lat, long: 50.60813, -1.96572

Turn left at the junction with Priests Road and continue along Priests Road until you come to a junction for Priests Way, there is a walking sign on the left side of the road at this junction

7 - Priests Road and Priests Way

Elevation: 34 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 01953 78642
Lat, long: 50.60749, -1.97376

Turn left at the junction with Priests Way and continue up the hill until you come to a track on the right side marked Priests Way

8 - Start of Priests Way

Elevation: 40 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 01907 78585
Lat, long: 50.60698, -1.97441

Turn right onto the rough track and continue along the wide track which changes to a narrow rough track and goes up hill with bushes on each side. Continue up and along the bridleway until you come to a cross junction on the track.

9 - Track cross junction

Elevation: 59 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 01573 78514
Lat, long: 50.60634, -1.97913

Turn left and follow the narrow track up the hill following the Priests Way signs. Continue up the hill until you come to a gate on the right side.

10 - Priests Way main track

Elevation: 81 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 01543 78246
Lat, long: 50.60393, -1.97955

Turn right at the gate and follow the wide track along the Priests Way and continue through two gates and past farm buildings until you come to a Y junction when the track goes downhill.

11 - Priests Way continued

Elevation: 83 meters
OS Grid Reference: SZ 00740 78126
Lat, long: 50.60285, -1.99090

Turn left at the junction and follow the Priests Way signs up the hill heading NW going through gates until you come to the end of the wide track and onto a open field.

12 - End of Priests Way track

Elevation: 135 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 98245 77915
Lat, long: 50.60095, -2.02616

At the gate continue across the open field until you come to the tarmac road.

13 - Worth Road

Elevation: 143 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 97958 78022
Lat, long: 50.60192, -2.03021

Turn left at the road junction and follow the road down the hill to Worth Matravers. Continue through the village until you come to a Y junction just past the Square and Compass pub on your right side.

14 - Square and Compass junction

Elevation: 123 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 97449 77521
Lat, long: 50.59741, -2.03741

At the road junction turn right and go up the steep hill past the Square and Compass pub and follow the road down the hill and up to the next T junction at the top of the hill

15 - B3069 Junction

Elevation: 131 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 97167 79120
Lat, long: 50.61178, -2.04140

Turn left at the junction with the B3069 and follow the road to Kingston Village

16 - Kingston Hill and B3069 and West Street

Elevation: 114 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 95719 79624
Lat, long: 50.61631, -2.06187

Continue straight ahead at the junction at The Scott Arms pub and follow the road straight ahead up through the village until you come to a junction with a rough track on your right side.

17 - West Street and Rough Track

Elevation: 131 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 95494 79572
Lat, long: 50.61584, -2.06504

Turn right and follow the rough track through the trees until you come to a gate. Go through the gate and follow the rough track down the hill towards Corfe Castle.

18 - Farm

Elevation: 44 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 95111 80273
Lat, long: 50.62214, -2.07048

At the farm turn left and follow the track through the farm yard and follow the narrow road across Corfe Common.

19 - West Street Junction

Elevation: 36 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 95839 81354
Lat, long: 50.63187, -2.06019

When you come to a cattle grid at the top of the hill turn right and continue across the common following the bridleway signs until you come to a gate which crosses the B3069 from Kingson to Corfe Castle

20 - B3069 Crossroads

Elevation: 42 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 96308 80939
Lat, long: 50.62813, -2.05356

Go straight across the junction,( take care as this is a national speed limit road) and through the gate and follow the bridleway signs heading east across the common until you come to a gate which takes you onto the A351 (Valley Road)

21 - Valley Road Junction

Elevation: 42 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 96736 80772
Lat, long: 50.62664, -2.04750

Turn right onto A351 Valley Road and follow the road to Harmans Cross until you come to a cross roads just before the petrol garage signposted for Haycrafts Lane.

22 - Valley Road and Haycrafts Lane junction

Elevation: 65 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 98422 80369
Lat, long: 50.62303, -2.02367

Turn right onto Haycrafts Lane and follow the road down the hill, past the railway station heading south and continue up the hill until you come to a rough track on your left side with a bridleway sign.

23 - Bridleway Junction

Elevation: 79 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 98470 79482
Lat, long: 50.61505, -2.02299

Turn left onto the rough track and left at the next bridleway sign which goes down the hill and opens into a field. Continue down the hill following the track until you come to a metal gate.

24 - Metal Gate

Elevation: 59 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 98706 79569
Lat, long: 50.61583, -2.01964

Go through the metal gate and turn right and follow the track across the rough field heading towards the farm buildings. At the next gate go straight ahead and follow the bridleway signs around the back of the farm buildings until you come to a old wooded shed on your right and a metal gate

25 - Metal Gate and woodland track

Elevation: 51 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 98991 79676
Lat, long: 50.61679, -2.01562

Go through the metal gate and follow the singletrack through the woods until you come to a wider track, turn left and follow the rough road until you come to a cross roads with the A351 Valley Road.

26 - Valley Road Junction

Elevation: 26 meters
OS Grid Reference: SY 99946 79620
Lat, long: 50.61629, -2.00213

Turn right onto Valley Road (take care as very busy) and follow the road back into Swanage. Continue along the High Street and then onto Victoria Avenue back to the start at the car park

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