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Abbey House, Cerne Abbey – Cerne Abbas Giant loop from Cerne Abbas

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Abbey House, Cerne Abbey – Cerne Abbas Giant loop from Cerne Abbas

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Abbey House, Cerne Abbey – Cerne Abbas Giant loop from Cerne Abbas

01:57

23.4km

400m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 60 m for 272 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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144 m

River Cerne and the Cerne Abbas Giant

Highlight • Trail

The River Cerne gracefully winds its way through Cerne Abbas, meandering down the valley for about 10 miles before eventually converging with the River Frome at Dorchester. It has earned …

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332 m

Abbey House, Cerne Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

Abbey House is what is left of the Abbey at Cerne. The original benedictine abbey was founded in 987. Most of the abbey bulidings were later demolished during the dissolution of the monasteries in the late 1530's.

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427 m

St Mary's Church, Cerne Abbas

Highlight • Historical Site

St Mary’s is a striking Grade I-listed church in the heart of Cerne Abbas. The church was built in the 14th century, extended in the 15th century, and the tower …

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556 m

Cerne Abbas Village Restaurants

Highlight • Restaurant

Lunch stop - there are two pubs or do what I did and get a freshly baked Cornish Pastie, banana and cup of tea and a fiver from the village shop.

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622 m

Abbots Bed & Breakfast and Tearoom

Highlight • Restaurant

A great stop for cream tea on any ride. Their local clotted cream allocation is another level!

You won't find much bike parking space but you can prop them against …

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8.08 km

Gravel Track to Upper Sydling

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This seems to be a real hot spot to see wildlife esp birds. Several buzzard, some hares and lots of other birds mobbing the buzzards, riding the air currents there. …

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16.1 km

View North to Somerset

Highlight • Viewpoint

Lovely stretch of road here but going up quite steeply.

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23.0 km

Cerne Abbas Giant

Highlight • Monument

Ride down Acreman Street for a marvellous view of the Cerne Abbas Giant.

Measuring at 55 metres (180 ft) high, the origin of the figure of a man wielding a …

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23.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.62 km

9.37 km

2.97 km

811 m

337 m

267 m

Surfaces

11.0 km

8.25 km

2.44 km

1.08 km

374 m

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

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Thursday 21 May

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Abbey House, Cerne Abbey – Cerne Abbas Giant loop from Cerne Abbas

River Cerne and the Cerne Abbas Giant

Abbey House, Cerne Abbey

St Mary's Church, Cerne Abbas

Cerne Abbas Village Restaurants

Abbots Bed & Breakfast and Tearoom

Gravel Track to Upper Sydling

View North to Somerset

Cerne Abbas Giant

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