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Hardy's Cottage – Bockhampton Bridge loop from Dorset

Hardy's Cottage – Bockhampton Bridge loop from Dorset

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Hardy's Cottage – Bockhampton Bridge loop from Dorset

00:54

17.6km

130m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. 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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Start point

Bus stop

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1.68 km

Yellowham Hill

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Thomas Hardy's Yalbury Woods.
It was said that the Woodwoses who frequented the woodlands around Yellowham Hill, savage, hairy, humanoid creatures, were more than partial to carrying off maidens from …

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4.50 km

Hardy's Cottage

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If you are a Thomas Hardy enthusiast this is a must - the small cottage where he was born and grew up, writing his early novels. The garden is large …

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6.22 km

Bockhampton Bridge

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lovely humped back bridge over the River Frome

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6.96 km

View of Stafford House, Home of Lord Fellowes

Highlight • Monument

considered to be one of the best examples of Stuart architecture in Dorset built in 1633 by Dorchester merchant John Gould on the site of Everards Manor in the vanished village of Frome Billet.

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7.65 km

West Stafford Village

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Many know the village as the home of (and suffix to the name of) Oscar-winning Gosford Park screenwriter, Julian Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford.

Thomas Hardy fans will know …

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7.78 km

The Wise Man Pub

Highlight • Pub

good pub

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11.2 km

Woodsford Castle

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This is the surviving part of a 14th-century castle, a rambling wing of great interest and charm, deep in Hardy country just outside Dorchester. Its roof has one of the …

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17.2 km

St Mary the Virgin Church

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17.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.2 km

218 m

178 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

6.14 km

163 m

Elevation

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Highest point (120 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Thursday 28 May

22°C

12°C

23 %

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Hardy's Cottage – Bockhampton Bridge loop from Dorset

Yellowham Hill

Hardy's Cottage

Bockhampton Bridge

View of Stafford House, Home of Lord Fellowes

West Stafford Village

The Wise Man Pub

Woodsford Castle

St Mary the Virgin Church

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