View of Up Cerne Lake – View of Minterne House loop from Up Cerne

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View of Up Cerne Lake – View of Minterne House loop from Up Cerne

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View of Up Cerne Lake – View of Minterne House loop from Up Cerne

02:03

7.10km

180m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

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279 m

View of Up Cerne Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

Not a lake. The water "behind" Up Cerne Manor is a specific formal water feature—a serpentine canal pond—as well as the River Cerne itself, which flows through the valley just …

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View of the Dorset Chalk Downlands

Highlight • Viewpoint

Well,somebody needs to cut down the bushes and trees, as that is all that can be seen here. oh, and ouch.. big, BIG nettle stings!!!

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Woodland Singletrack in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Viewpoint

Suitable for CX and gravel bike. Be careful of slippery roots though!

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View of Minterne House

Highlight • Historical Site

Great view of the impressive Minterne house.

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Sunflower Field in Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

Pick the right time of year to see them..... Unlike me, and get the times wrong and it's just a field.

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St Andrew's Church, Yetminster

Highlight • Religious Site

This church has a late medieval origin, but it also features elements from other periods, such as the 17th-century North chapel and the early 19th-century tower.

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Minterne Gardens

Highlight • Lake

Nationally important Minterne Magna Gardens - famous for their Himalayan gardens. Dependent on the season, tea, coffe and cake on the terrace over looking capability brown inspired landscaped gardens

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