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A bit of a doddle in the West

Sun 14th Apr 2024

Walk Details:

Event Type
Group Walk
Region
Southern England
Local Group
Dorset
Distance
18ml.
Start Time
09.00
Route
Start Point : Langdon Hill National Trust c.p, west of Bridport. Free for NT Members, £4 for all day for non-members

Along the coast path via Seatown, Thorncombe Beacon, to views of West Bay (scenes of TV drama Broadchurch), then inland to Symondsbury around the iconic Colmer's Hill & via the sunken holloways of Shute's Lane & Hell Lane to North Chideock. The lunch stop will be at the church of Whitchurch Canonicorum ("The Cathedral of the Vale") with its shrine & relics of St Wite, along with its graveyard with local "celebrities" Sir Robin Day & the ill-fated Giorgi Markov. After lunch we will follow the River Char down to Charmouth & the long climb along Stonebarrow Lane to pick up the coast path. There may be a chance of an afternoon coffee stop at the "Crazy Cow Cafe" (dog-friendly) before reaching Golden Cap (the highest point on the South coast) not far from the end of the walk

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