Guided Ride Routes Available
Half Day Group Guided Rides - Purbeck
Short easy mostly off road rides in and around the Purbecks starting from Corfe Castle suitable for Hardtail MTB, e-Bikes and Gravel bikes. You can book on a scheduled group ride by clicking the 'book' link below. We can also use these routes as the basis of personal guided rides (one to one guided ride). There is also the option to fully customise your route with our custom guided ride service. Please book via our 'BOOK A RIDE' page links below.
Route 1) Sunny Studland Bay and Poole Harbour
Lovely, pleasant amble across the Purbeck Heaths from Corfe Castle to Studland bay. No big hills just lots of quiet byways and sandy gravel tracks. Expect to see dragonflies, deer, even cattle pigs and ponies.
- Grading:Fitness:Hard/Technical Skill:Med
- Distance:20 Miles
- Time:4-6 hours
- Start/Finish:West Bay
- Midpoint/Break:Studland
To book please use our 'book a ride' page:https://cyclejurassiccoast.com/book-a-ride
Personal guided option available
Route 2) Challow Hill Nine Barrow Down and Sunny Studland
Beautiful ride with wonderful views of Corfe Castle, Poole Harbour and Swanage Bay. We climb from Corfe Castle to the top of Nine Barrow Down and a thrilling ride down. Then up and over Ballard Down to Studland. The return is an easy amble back to Corfe Castle.
- Grading:Fitness:Moderate/Technical Skill:Low
- Distance:17.01 Miles
- Time:4-6 Hours
- Start/Finish:Purbeck Park (Norden)
- Midpoint/Break:Studland
Book using 'book' page:https://cyclejurassiccoast.com/book-a-ride
Personal guided option available
Full Day Guided Rides - Purbeck
Longer more challenging full day off road rides in and around the Purbecks starting from Corfe Castle suitable for Hardtail MTB, e-Bikes and Gravel bikes. You can book on a scheduled group ride by clicking the 'book' link below. We can also use these routes as the basis of personal guided rides (one to one guided ride). There is also the option to fully customise your route with our custom guided ride service. Please book via our 'BOOK A RIDE' page links below.
Route 3) Mega Tour de Purbecks (Easy Route)
The best views in Purbeck from the easier version of the grand tour. Shorter and less challenging than the epic Tour de Purbecks with just the one big cling up to the top of 9 Barrow down then to Swanage Beach back via the Priests way to Corfe Castle
- Grading:Fitness:Moderate/Technical Skill:Med
- Distance:21.5 Miles
- Time:5-7 Hours
- Start/Finish:Purbeck Park (Norden)
- Midpoint/Break:Swanage
To book please use our 'book a ride' page.https://cyclejurassiccoast.com/book-a-ride
Personal guided option available
Route 4) Mega Tour de Purbecks (Hardcore Route)
Challenging tour of the Purbecks from Corfe castle over the downs to Studland and back to Swanage before returning along the priests way to Worth Matravers and Kingston. Then out to Kimmeridge, along Ridgeway Hill to Corfe Castle.
- Grading:Fitness:Hard/Technical Skill:Med
- Distance:26.7 Miles
- Time:5-7 Hours
- Start/Finish:Purbeck Park (Norden)
- Midpoint/Break:Swanage or Worth Matravers
To book please use our 'book a ride' page.https://cyclejurassiccoast.com/book-a-ride
Personal guided option available
These are group rides a minimum of two bookings are required for the ride to run. Please contact us for information on skills training and custom route options. The prices are for pre-booked rides only which includes a 20% pre booking discount.
Guided Ride Routes New for 2025
Half Day Guided Rides - Jurassic Coast West
Off road rides in and around Dorchester, Bridport and Westbay suitable for Hardtail MTB, e-Bikes and Gravel bikes.Please book via our 'BOOK A RIDE' page links below.
Route 1) Hell Lane
Ride the historic sunken lanes of West Dorset with fantastic views of Colmers Hill and the Brit Valley
- Grading:Fitness:High/Technical Skill:Med
- Distance:17.5 Miles
- Time:3-5 hours
- Start/Finish:Symondsbury (Bridport)
- Midpoint/Break:Salway Ash
To book please use our 'book a ride' page.https://cyclejurassiccoast.com/book-a-ride
Personal guided option available
Route 2) Dorset Ridgeway and Hardys Monument
Ride along the Dorset Ridgeway from Hardys Monument with spectacular views of Abbotsbury and Chesil Beach
- Grading:Fitness:Med/Technical Skill:Low
- Distance:16.10 Miles
- Time:3-4 Hours
- Start/Finish:Hardys Monument Car Park
- Midpoint/Break:Abbotsbury
To book please use our 'book a ride' page.https://cyclejurassiccoast.com/book-a-ride
Personal guided option available
Full Day Guided Rides - Jurassic Coast West
Longer more challenging full day off road rides in and around Bridport and surrounding villages suitable for Hardtail MTB, e-Bikes and Gravel bikes
Route 3) Eggardon Hill
From West Bay to Eggardon Hill via Shipton Gorge. Steep Climbs and Steep descents with fantastic views of West Bay and The Jurassic Coast
- Grading:Fitness:Hard/Technical Skill:Med
- Distance:20 Miles
- Time:4-6 Hours
- Start/Finish:West Bay
- Midpoint/Break:Litton Cheney
To book please use our 'book a ride' page.https://cyclejurassiccoast.com/book-a-ride
Personal guided option available
These are group rides a minimum of two bookings are required for the ride to run. Please contact us for information on skills training and custom route options. The prices are for pre-booked rides only which includes a 20% pre booking discount.
Custom Guided Rides
We create a ride and route just for you
A custom route tailored to your fitness, skill level and distance requirements.
Jurassic Coast - Custom Guided Ride
Just let us know the places you would like to explore, your fitness, skill level and when you want to ride we do the rest. A complete package can be provided including a hire bike if required. Route options are available all along the Jurassic Coast from Swanage to Bridport or the quiet rural byways of Dorset from Dorchester to Sherborne and Shaftesbury.
To book please use our 'book a ride' page.https://cyclejurassiccoast.com/book-a-ride
Personal guided option available
For custom and personal guided rides a £10 deposit (non refundable) is required at time of booking with payment in full before the ride date