Durweston Mill – Black Cactus Café loop from Shapwick

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Durweston Mill – Black Cactus Café loop from Shapwick

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Durweston Mill – Black Cactus Café loop from Shapwick

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42.3km

410m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 30.4 km for 85 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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211 m

View of Badbury Rings

Highlight • Historical Site

Badbury Ring is an Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, which has 3 rings of ramparts and ditches, dating from around 800BC.

The Badbury Rings are now owned by the National …

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7.88 km

Launceston Wood

Forest

25.0 km

Durweston Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

A five-acre island surrounded by the River Stour with a campsite, old mill buildings, mill pool and peaceful stretch of the river.

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27.1 km

View from North Dorset Trailway

Highlight • Cycleway

using North Dorset trancil

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29.5 km

Start of the North Dorset Trailway in Blandford Forum

Highlight • Trail

Nice easy going route from Blandford to Sturminster Newton, running along old railway line. Very easy going gravel.
Bit of history in nearby Railway Garden: flickr.com/photos/93122458@N08/17454467195/in/photostream

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30.1 km

Offcamber Cycles

Highlight • Other

Great family owned bike shop.

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30.7 km

Black Cactus Café

Highlight • Cafe

Black Cactus is a very friendly cafe with delicious food. you can charge up, recharge and refresh. Nice space to park your bikes right infront too. dogs also welcome.

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33.7 km

Charlton Beeches

Forest

36.2 km

Blandford Disused Railway Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

You won't be able to catch a train here, but it's a pleasant place to catch your breath on the old train line

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37.1 km

Crawford Bridge over the River Stour

Highlight • Historical Site

Of medieval origin but widened in the 1800s, this stone bridge spans the River Stour at Spetisbury and is a lovely place to pause (in one of the cut-waters) and admire the river as it ambles south.

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