Dorset - Walk #08 - Swyre Head To Kimmeridge Bay L
Description
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Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 140 m - Start at Houns Tout Car Park, Kingston.
Head out of the car park and back towards the village, passing the church on your right hand side - Start
- 2 : km 0.25 - alt. 124 m - Turn sharp right onto South Street and continue all the way along uphill past a forest on your right, crossing a stile to follow the path towards Houns Tout THEN keep left
- 3 : km 2.37 - alt. 62 m - As you near the end of the tarmac path, turn right to take the grassy path signposted 'Coast Path'
- 4 : km 2.75 - alt. 67 m - Cross a still and take in the views down towards Chapman's Pool and St. Aldhelms Head before turning right and climbing up Houns Tout
- 5 : km 3.16 - alt. 150 m - Keep left on the South West Coast path where the paths meet and a large stone bench has been thoughtfully placed for a rest and to admire the view.
Continue all the way along the Coast Path for 3 miles until you reach Kimmeridge Bay
- 6 : km 8.25 - alt. 15 m - Follow the bay around passing between the car park overlooking the sea and the bay itself.
- 7 : km 8.67 - alt. 11 m - As you approach a row of terraced cottages turn right to follow the short road up to a T-Junction
- 8 : km 8.76 - alt. 14 m - When you reach the road, turn left and follow the road for a short distance ignoring the first finger-post indicating a footpath leading across a field to the right.
- 9 : km 8.88 - alt. 12 m - Behind the terraced cottages, turn right through a field gate and follow the right hand side of the field, with a small stream to your right
- 10 : km 9.11 - alt. 17 m - Keep right as you enter a second field
- 11 : km 9.28 - alt. 21 m - Continue straight following the right hand edge of the field until you reach a gate leading to a bridge over the small stream. Walk over the bridge, across a smaller field and a stile at the end leading to a road just beyond
- 12 : km 9.83 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto the road and walk uphill past a restaurant and the Kimmeridge Fossil Museum
- 13 : km 10.1 - alt. 53 m - At the top continue straight through a gate, past a small church and uphill through a field
- 14 : km 10.35 - alt. 99 m - Cross the stile at the top of the field and head uphill on the road immediately ahead for roughly 200 metres.
- 15 : km 10.46 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto the wide stoney path and follow along the ridgeline towards the viewpoint at Swyre Head
- 16 : km 12.64 - alt. 201 m - On reaching Swyre Head turn left and follow the wide grassy path back towards Kingston
- 17 : km 12.78 - alt. 194 m - Cross the stile and continue across the field beyond until you reach a pair of kissing gates
- 18 : km 13.88 - alt. 142 m - Turn right onto West Street and follow this road all the way back to Houns Tout Car Park
- S/E : km 15.03 - alt. 140 m
Useful Information
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