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Winspit Quarry Caves – St Aldhelm's Chapel loop from Worth Matravers

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Winspit Quarry Caves – St Aldhelm's Chapel loop from Worth Matravers

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Winspit Quarry Caves – St Aldhelm's Chapel loop from Worth Matravers

02:03

7.33km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 21, 2026

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Dorset National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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313 m

Worth Matravers village

Highlight • Settlement

The area is very popular for walking and a number of our walking trails pass through or near these villages.The 'Smugglers Ways' begins at Worth Matravers and then travels down …

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538 m

Strip Lynchets in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Structure

A lynchet is a bank of earth that builds up on the downslope of a field ploughed over a long period of time. The disturbed soil slips down the hillside …

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1.95 km

Winspit Quarry Caves

Highlight • Cave

Nice place with spectacular views and caves you can enter.

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3.93 km

Radar Memorial and Coastal Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

As a curiosity, you'll notice that the two radar dishes also resemble a large fire basket. This was done as a reference to the practice of lighting beacons to warn of the Spanish Armada.

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3.93 km

St Aldhelm's Head Radar Memorial

Highlight • Monument

For a number of years there were various discussions about ways to commemorate the pioneering work on radar undertaken at Worth Matravers during World War II. Towards the end of …

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4.03 km

Coastguard Lookout, Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Coastguard Lookout (Now NCI)
The "Coast Guard lookout" you see today is actually no longer operated by HM Coastguard, but by volunteers.

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4.09 km

St Aldhelm's Chapel is one of the oldest churches in England and is a Grade I-listed building. The Norman chapel, situated on the high outcrop of St Aldhelm's Head, was named after the Bishop of Sherbourne who died in 709AD.

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6.97 km

Red Telephone Box

Highlight • Rest Area

Here you'll find an operational phone box. Was meant to be removed in 2016..... what year are we in now?

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7.33 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.89 km

1.82 km

681 m

515 m

401 m

Surfaces

2.89 km

1.65 km

1.23 km

763 m

671 m

113 m

Elevation

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Thursday 9 July

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Winspit Quarry Caves – St Aldhelm's Chapel loop from Worth Matravers

Worth Matravers village

Strip Lynchets in Dorset National Landscape

Winspit Quarry Caves

Radar Memorial and Coastal Viewpoint

St Aldhelm's Head Radar Memorial

Coastguard Lookout, Dorset National Landscape

St Aldhelm's Chapel

Red Telephone Box

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