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Gravel Track to Upper Sydling – Cerne Abbas Giant loop from Cerne Abbas

Mountain biking trails

South West England

Gravel Track to Upper Sydling – Cerne Abbas Giant loop from Cerne Abbas

Moderate

4

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Gravel Track to Upper Sydling – Cerne Abbas Giant loop from Cerne Abbas

01:57

23.3km

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: August 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 60 m for 244 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

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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2

511 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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3

578 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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4

6.49 km

Gravel Descent to Wessex Ridgeway, Dorset National Landscape

Highlight • Cycleway

One of our group got a puncture so recommend tubeless if you want to go fast down it.
CAUTION water drain bumps all the way down (prepare for liftoff).
Some …

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5

8.04 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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6

13.3 km

The Cross and Hand Ancient Monument

Highlight • Other

If you’re wandering through the Dorset downs and stumble upon the Cross and Hand, don’t worry—you haven't accidentally walked onto the set of a low-budget folk horror movie.
This little …

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7

16.1 km

View North to Somerset

Highlight • Viewpoint

Lovely stretch of road here but going up quite steeply.

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8

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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B

23.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.73 km

9.39 km

2.96 km

811 m

337 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.0 km

8.30 km

2.44 km

1.08 km

374 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

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Monday 12 October

18°C

10°C

92 %

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