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Dancing Ledge – Winspit Quarry Caves loop from Worth Matravers

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Dancing Ledge – Winspit Quarry Caves loop from Worth Matravers

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Dancing Ledge – Winspit Quarry Caves loop from Worth Matravers

03:30

12.6km

210m

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 26, 2026

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Parking

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4.62 km

Dancing Ledge

Highlight • Natural

It's a good place to spend day out. No network cover, only you and pure nature.

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5.95 km

From the 1770s these rock outcrops were good for ashlar, dressings and carving. In the accounts for 1771 William Chinchin dug 418 tons of ashlar or front stone, 101 tons of backing stone, 7 sets of caps and legs ( i.e. saddle stones to support granaries) and 1 ton for agricultural rollers. In the 1809-1811 accounts Seacombe is recorded as the place where stone was loaded onto boats for export "May 6th- June 3rd Chinchen Bower to Henry Bankes Esq for ground of stone shipped from Seacombe Quarry œ1-1s-10d".

The Dorset Quarry Company ran the quarry until the early 1930s

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6.21 km

Seacombe Cliff

Highlight • Viewpoint

The sea-cliff quarries at Seacombe are a popular spot along this stretch of coastline. The low-level platform left behind from quarrying has created a unique bathing spot.

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6.95 km

Winspit Quarry

Highlight • Historical Site

Part of the many deep craters located along the coast. Once dugout for a quarry.

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7.82 km

Winspit Quarry Caves

Highlight • Cave

Nice place with spectacular views and caves you can enter.

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9.82 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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9.83 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 the 1990s Tony Viney, a Worth resident and parish councillor, progressed proposals through the Worth Parish Council to erect a radar memorial at St Aldhelm's Head. Tony Viney, himself a local sculptor, also designed the memorial.

The stainless steel memorial is set on a Purbeck stone plinth. It represents two radar dishes which are arranged in such a way that they also form a large fire basket. This reflects both ancient and modern methods to warn of invasion: fires were lit as beacons to warn of the Spanish armada while radar forms the modern equivalent.

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9.98 km

St Aldhelm's Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

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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12.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.91 km

3.83 km

2.86 km

752 m

284 m

Surfaces

7.26 km

2.27 km

1.09 km

1.04 km

767 m

214 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

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Weather

Friday 26 June

20°C

16°C

15 %

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Dancing Ledge – Winspit Quarry Caves loop from Worth Matravers

Dancing Ledge

Seacombe Cliffs and Quarry

Seacombe Cliff

Winspit Quarry

Winspit Quarry Caves

Radar Memorial and Coastal Viewpoint

St Aldhelm's Head Radar Memorial

St Aldhelm's Chapel

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