Merriott
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 6.47 km
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Calculated time: 2h 00
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: Yes
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Vertical gain: + 50 m
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Vertical drop: - 45 m
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Highest point: 77 m
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Lowest point: 27 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Merriott
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Start/End: N 50.908134° / W 2.790725°
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 38 m - Start on Lower Street
- 2 : km 0.32 - alt. 41 m - Turn right onto Broadway
- 3 : km 0.58 - alt. 54 m - Turn left onto Beadon Lane
- 4 : km 0.83 - alt. 55 m - Turn left
- 5 : km 1.1 - alt. 46 m - Turn right
- 6 : km 1.76 - alt. 68 m - Turn left
- 7 : km 1.93 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
- 8 : km 2.11 - alt. 77 m - Turn right
- 9 : km 2.45 - alt. 72 m - Turn right
- 10 : km 2.47 - alt. 72 m - Turn left
- 11 : km 3.2 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto Sandy Hole
- 12 : km 3.21 - alt. 59 m - Turn right
- 13 : km 3.6 - alt. 53 m - Turn left
- 14 : km 4.25 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Sandy Hole
- 15 : km 4.25 - alt. 28 m - Turn right
- 16 : km 5.19 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Boozer Pit
- 17 : km 5.3 - alt. 43 m - Turn left onto Monkhouse Lane
- 18 : km 6.18 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Shiremoor Hill
- S/E : km 6.47 - alt. 38 m
Other walks in the area
Bishopswood Meadows (and Jan Hobbs) Nature Reserve
Species-rich limestone and marshy meadows beside River Yarty.
Babcary Meadows Nature Reserve
Species rich hay meadow. To see the reserve at its best visit between April and mid-July before the annual hay cut.
A challenging day-long hike taking in the beauty of West Dorset.
If you want beaches, cliffs, woodlands and meadows and a walk that will test your fitness, this is the one for you.
Dundon Beacon Nature Reserve, Compton Dundon
A mosaic of calcareous grassland, scrub, ancient oak woodland, secondary woodland and conifer plantation on Dundon Hill. The top of Dundon Hill features significant archaeological remains with a hill fort, Bronze Age round barrow and ancient quarry.
Seatown from Charmouth via Golden Cap
This linear Dorset walk follows the South West Coast Path from Charmouth to Seatown. The coastal scenery on this part of the Jurassic Coast is dramatic and the walk includes the highest point on the Dorest Coast at Golden Cap.
White Field Nature Reserve, Butleigh
Unimproved neutral grassland and a small copse. The site has open access via rights of way from Butleigh. Please keep to the edges of the field until the hay has been cut.
South Cadbury, Somerset

The walk follows the Corton Ridge and offers great views across the Somerset Levels and the Dorset Hills. It has great historic significance as Cadbury Castle is reputed to be Camelot King Arthur's Castle. You also cross the ancient medieval village of Whitcombe. It's an up and downer and can be boggy in wet weather. As an incentive there are two great pubs you can call in at!
Blackbrook Meander
A gentle meander alongside Blackbrook and around pleasant Hamilton Gault Park. The stream is a traffic-free route for wildlife in and out of the town, including otters and water voles. Come out on a summer evening and watch bats flying above your head catching insects.
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