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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

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King Alfred's Tower – Kingsettle Woods loop from Penselwood

04:10

14.9km

300m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape

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1.74 km

View of Duncliff and Shaftesbury

Highlight • Viewpoint

6.06 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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6.06 km

Turner Paddock and Waterwheel

Highlight • Historical Site

Easy Trail with plenty of history and so much to explore

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9.15 km

King Alfred's Tower

Highlight • Monument

Moderate trail with amazing woods and history

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11.3 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

8.12 km

3.57 km

1.83 km

1.35 km

Surfaces

6.67 km

3.39 km

2.46 km

1.51 km

175 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Saturday 16 May

13°C

6°C

35 %

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King Alfred's Tower – Kingsettle Woods loop from Penselwood

View of Duncliff and Shaftesbury

Stourhead Landscape Garden

Turner Paddock and Waterwheel

King Alfred's Tower

Kingsettle Woods

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