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Saxon Walls, Wareham – Woodsford Castle loop from Wareham

Saxon Walls, Wareham – Woodsford Castle loop from Wareham

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Saxon Walls, Wareham – Woodsford Castle loop from Wareham

02:35

58.5km

350m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Dorset National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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837 m

Saxon Walls, Wareham

Highlight • Historical Site

You should get a good view of the northern Saxon earthen banks of the Wareham. These ramparts are some of the best examples of Saxon defences in the country.
Built by Alfred the Great in the 9th century to defend the town from the Danes as part of his system of burgh towns. The Danes invaded and occupied Wareham in 876, and only left after Alfred returned with an army and made a payment of Danegeld. In 998 they attacked again, and in 1015 an invasion led by King Canute left the town in ruins

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10.2 km

The Weld Arms

Highlight • Restaurant

Nice little pub for some quick refreshment with beer garden around the back.

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11.0 km

Broom´s Plantation

Forest

23.0 km

St Nicholas' Church and T. E. Lawrence Burial Site

Highlight • Historical Site

Cakes are served on the cart that was used to carry T E Lawrence's (aka Lawrence of Arabia) coffin to his final resting place - just a few metres down the road! On the route here you might even ride over the exact spot where he crashed on his Brough Superior Limited motorbike (the exact location remains a mystery but it's reportedly somewhere near Pallington Farm). Some might think he's a fictional character due to all the films made about his life but T E Lawrence was actually a British Intelligence Officer born in Wales but resident in Dorset, who fought alongside Arab guerrilla forces in the Middle East during the First World War. He later worked as an advisor to Winston Churchill and then for the RAF.

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23.8 km

Scenic Road to Moreton Tearooms

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

25.1 km

Hurst Heath

Forest

28.0 km

Woodsford Castle

Highlight • Castle

This is the surviving part of a 14th-century castle, a rambling wing of great interest and charm, deep in Hardy country just outside Dorchester. Its roof has one of the largest expanses of thatch in the county. Just one side of the quadrangular castle, built in 1370 and probably added to an existing group of buildings, remains today.

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42.4 km

Quiet Cycling Road

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

47.7 km

The Vel Lounge

Highlight • Cycleway

This cafe is now closed down.

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47.9 km

Wool Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Closed to traffic and on a traffic free cycleway section.

Features in Hardye's Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Hardy refers to a tradition that a phantom coach drives up to Woolbridge Manor by night, but can only be seen by members of the Turberville family. The story is thought to be linked to the elopement of John Turberville with Anne, daughter of the 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon, in the 1580s. Anne’s step-brother, Thomas, was the builder of Lulworth Castle.

Might be good for looking at wading birds. Lots of water.

Original bridge collapsed (possible due to carrying tanks from Bovington during WW2 ) but the rebuild was well done by Dorset Council, sympathetic to the original and keeping what they could).

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58.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

50.2 km

5.55 km

2.03 km

404 m

143 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

45.9 km

12.6 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Monday 22 June

29°C

19°C

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Saxon Walls, Wareham – Woodsford Castle loop from Wareham

Saxon Walls, Wareham

The Weld Arms

St Nicholas' Church and T. E. Lawrence Burial Site

Scenic Road to Moreton Tearooms

Woodsford Castle

Quiet Cycling Road

The Vel Lounge

Wool Bridge

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