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Brace of Pheasants Path – Athelhampton Gardens loop from Hilton

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Brace of Pheasants Path – Athelhampton Gardens loop from Hilton

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Brace of Pheasants Path – Athelhampton Gardens loop from Hilton

03:00

36.0km

510m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 22.1 km for 153 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.53 km

St Andrew's Church

Highlight • Religious Site

the gates to the driveway seem to be always open, if come via the footpath you will need lift you bike over the gates. Church seems to be open all the time

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9.50 km

Gravel Crossroads in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Trail

11.8 km

Brace of Pheasants Path

Highlight • Trail

Quite rough going in places. Probably had to walk about mile or so, partly because the last section on the way out to the Brace Of Pheasants is a footpath. …

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13.4 km

Bumpy Singletrack with Countryside Views

Highlight • Trail

Quite bumpy and overgrown trail (in summer at least) but very nice views

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16.4 km

Ridge Way

Highlight • Trail

One way off road in the Puddletown direction, the other towards Charminster

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19.8 km

Chine Hill Signpost

Highlight • Bridge

If you take the bridge over the A35 takes you into Puddletown

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22.2 km

The hall is a Grade I listed 15th-century country house retaining much of its original Tudor character including a magnificent Great Hall with fine hammerbeam roof, and a recently restored Elizabethan Kitchen with a magnificent fireplace.

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31.4 km

West Bagber Copse

Forest

32.5 km

Loamy Bridleway in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

very rutted and loamy, rooty struggled with grip , ideal for fat bike tyres or 3 inch+ and full suspension , not good for hardtails

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36.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.9 km

10.8 km

8.04 km

2.25 km

961 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.7 km

6.02 km

4.62 km

4.02 km

3.56 km

1.13 km

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Wednesday 24 June

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Brace of Pheasants Path – Athelhampton Gardens loop from Hilton

St Andrew's Church

Gravel Crossroads in Dorset National Landscape

Brace of Pheasants Path

Bumpy Singletrack with Countryside Views

Ridge Way

Chine Hill Signpost

Athelhampton Gardens

Loamy Bridleway in Dorset National Landscape

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