King Alfred's Tower – Kingsettle Woods loop from Penselwood

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King Alfred's Tower – Kingsettle Woods loop from Penselwood

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King Alfred's Tower – Kingsettle Woods loop from Penselwood

04:11

14.9km

300m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Tips

Includes a short out-and-back section

Your route doubles back at a waypoint. If this isn’t intentional, adjust the waypoint’s position.

After 5.96 km for 37 m

Waypoints

Start point

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1.74 km

View of Duncliff and Shaftesbury

Highlight • Viewpoint

5.97 km

Stone Arch at Stourton

Highlight • Structure

This is a charming little stone arch located on the road next to Garden and Turner Paddock's lakes in Stourton. Definitely worth a photo stop.

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6.10 km

Stourhead Landscape Garden

Highlight • Natural Monument

Stourhead opened in the 1740s as a landscape garden and living work of art. At its centre is a lake surrounded by mythical temples, grottos and wonderful specimen trees. It's …

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6.10 km

Turner Paddock and Waterwheel

Highlight • Historical Site

Easy Trail with plenty of history and so much to explore

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9.18 km

King Alfred's Tower

Highlight • Monument

Moderate trail with amazing woods and history

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11.4 km

Kingsettle Woods

Highlight • Forest

Beautiful woods with few trails , quiet big and very muddy in wet weather's

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14.9 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.96 km

3.48 km

1.76 km

1.75 km

Surfaces

6.56 km

3.34 km

2.67 km

1.58 km

136 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

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Wednesday 28 October

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17 %

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King Alfred's Tower – Kingsettle Woods loop from Penselwood

View of Duncliff and Shaftesbury

Stone Arch at Stourton

Stourhead Landscape Garden

Turner Paddock and Waterwheel

King Alfred's Tower

Kingsettle Woods

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