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Smitten Corner Trail Junction – Hardy Monument loop from The Abbey House

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Smitten Corner Trail Junction – Hardy Monument loop from The Abbey House

Moderate

5.0

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Smitten Corner Trail Junction – Hardy Monument loop from The Abbey House

02:01

22.0km

510m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 20, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 15.5 km for 111 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.94 km

Viewpoint

8.77 km

Foxholes Coppice

Forest

15.1 km

View of Hardy Monument and the Coast

Highlight • Viewpoint

The long climb to the monument from Martinstown is rewarded with 360 views of Black Down and the coast.

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15.2 km

Smitten Corner Trail Junction

Highlight • Viewpoint

Smitten Corner has a rather lovely name for what is essentially just a small car park. There's much more than meets the eye though, as so many footpaths, bridleways and …

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15.6 km

Hardy Monument

Highlight • Monument

This striking tower stands to the north of the Isle of Portland and offers fantastic 360 degree views of Dorset and the English Channel. Although the novelist Thomas Hardy lived …

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17.9 km

Portesham Rocket Sculpture at Rocket Quarry

Highlight • Structure

21.6 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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21.8 km

St Nicholas' Church, Abbotsbury

Highlight • Religious Site

Great little church, the oldest parts of which date from the 14th century.

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22.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.9 km

6.38 km

4.02 km

448 m

158 m

153 m

Surfaces

11.5 km

7.01 km

1.41 km

1.13 km

963 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Saturday 23 May

25°C

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Smitten Corner Trail Junction – Hardy Monument loop from The Abbey House

View of Hardy Monument and the Coast

Smitten Corner Trail Junction

Hardy Monument

Portesham Rocket Sculpture at Rocket Quarry

St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury

St Nicholas' Church, Abbotsbury

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