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Chesil Beach – View of Weymouth Bay loop from Dorchester

Chesil Beach – View of Weymouth Bay loop from Dorchester

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3.0

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Chesil Beach – View of Weymouth Bay loop from Dorchester

03:36

71.1km

720m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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After 6.79 km for 135 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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6.85 km

View of Weymouth and Dorchester

Highlight • Cycleway

Be careful as it is unpaved. Passable on a road bike, and offers a good alternative to busy roads.

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22.1 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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32.6 km

Hyde Coppice

Forest

42.7 km

Viewpoint

43.7 km

Beach

44.3 km

Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges Marine Conservation Zone

Highlight • Natural Monument

A bank of 180 billion pebbles stretching for 18 miles along the Dorset Coast. Trapped behind this pebble bank is the Fleet one of the most wildlife-rich lagoons in the country.

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44.5 km

Wild Chesil Centre

Highlight • Rest Area

Really good coffee here plus this is your chance to walk out to Chesil Beach and view the lagoon. The visitor centre is very good indeed with very nice souvenirs and information about the importance of the reserve

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47.7 km

Chesil Beach

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Known for Ian McEwan's novel On Chesil Beach, this is a really cool stretch to ride along as you're flanked by the sea on both sides. Bit busy with traffic …

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57.2 km

Weymouth Bay Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Take note of the restrictions along this shared pedestrian - cycle path. From May 1st to October not possible to cycle between 1000 and 1800 (or something like that). In …

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60.0 km

View of Weymouth Bay

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is where they filmed the Greenhill Fair scenes from the 1967 Scheslinger Film adaption of Thomas Hardy's 'Far from the Madding Crowd'

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61.6 km

View of Weymouth Bay

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nice steady climb out of Broadmayne, before you turn left down the fantastic descent that eventually leads you into Weymouth.

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63.9 km

Down Wood

Forest

71.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.8 km

23.3 km

590 m

411 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

41.8 km

28.9 km

241 m

205 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

26°C

15°C

0 %

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Chesil Beach – View of Weymouth Bay loop from Dorchester

View of Weymouth and Dorchester

St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury

Chesil Beach and Stennis Ledges Marine Conservation Zone

Wild Chesil Centre

Chesil Beach

Weymouth Bay Cycle Path

View of Weymouth Bay

View of Weymouth Bay

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