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Woodsford Castle – Quiet Cycling Road loop from Dorchester West

Woodsford Castle – Quiet Cycling Road loop from Dorchester West

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Woodsford Castle – Quiet Cycling Road loop from Dorchester West

01:46

38.0km

160m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.14 km

View of Stafford House, Home of Lord Fellowes

Highlight • Monument

considered to be one of the best examples of Stuart architecture in Dorset built in 1633 by Dorchester merchant John Gould on the site of Everards Manor in the vanished village of Frome Billet.

Tip by

8.37 km

Woodsford Castle

Highlight • Castle

This is the surviving part of a 14th-century castle, a rambling wing of great interest and charm, deep in Hardy country just outside Dorchester. Its roof has one of the largest expanses of thatch in the county. Just one side of the quadrangular castle, built in 1370 and probably added to an existing group of buildings, remains today.

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11.3 km

Hurst Heath

Forest

11.5 km

Scenic Road to Moreton Tearooms

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

13.4 km

St Nicholas' Church and T. E. Lawrence Burial Site

Highlight • Historical Site

Cakes are served on the cart that was used to carry T E Lawrence's (aka Lawrence of Arabia) coffin to his final resting place - just a few metres down the road! On the route here you might even ride over the exact spot where he crashed on his Brough Superior Limited motorbike (the exact location remains a mystery but it's reportedly somewhere near Pallington Farm). Some might think he's a fictional character due to all the films made about his life but T E Lawrence was actually a British Intelligence Officer born in Wales but resident in Dorset, who fought alongside Arab guerrilla forces in the Middle East during the First World War. He later worked as an advisor to Winston Churchill and then for the RAF.

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13.6 km

Quiet Cycling Road

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

19.1 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 Manor by night, but can only be seen by members of the Turberville family. The story is thought to be linked to the elopement of John Turberville with Anne, daughter of the 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon, in the 1580s. Anne’s step-brother, Thomas, was the builder of Lulworth Castle.

Might be good for looking at wading birds. Lots of water.

Original bridge collapsed (possible due to carrying tanks from Bovington during WW2 ) but the rebuild was well done by Dorset Council, sympathetic to the original and keeping what they could).

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19.3 km

The Vel Lounge

Highlight • Cycleway

This cafe is now closed down.

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24.4 km

Moreton House

Highlight • Historical Site

built by James Frampton in 1744. The Frampton family are for ever associated with the Tolpuddle Martyrs. James Frampton a member of the jury at their trial - finding them guilty and sending them to Australia...

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38.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.3 km

3.67 km

1.48 km

245 m

213 m

Surfaces

21.8 km

16.0 km

100 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (70 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Thursday 16 July

28°C

15°C

16 %

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Woodsford Castle – Quiet Cycling Road loop from Dorchester West

View of Stafford House, Home of Lord Fellowes

Woodsford Castle

Scenic Road to Moreton Tearooms

St Nicholas' Church and T. E. Lawrence Burial Site

Quiet Cycling Road

Wool Bridge

The Vel Lounge

Moreton House

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