Connect Bridport with Slow Ways
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Dorset
Slow Ways linking Bridport and Abbotsbury, Axminster, Beaminster, Lyme Regis, Maiden Newton
England / Dorset / Bridport
Bridport’s five Slow Ways are 60% checked
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Bridport from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Axminster—Bridport
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Axmbri one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 21km/13mi | Ascent 585m | Descent 573m | ||
Bridport—Abbotsbury
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Briabb one |
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4 X |
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Verify me | Distance 17km/10mi | Ascent 418m | Descent 447m | ||
Bridport—Beaminster
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Bribea one |
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3 X |
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Enjoy me | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 229m | Descent 188m | ||
Bridport—Maiden Newton
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Brimai one |
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4 X |
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Review me | Distance 17km/11mi | Ascent 466m | Descent 390m | ||
Lyme Regis—Bridport
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Lymbri one |
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4 X |
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Review me | Distance 17km/10mi | Ascent 593m | Descent 584m |
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Collective progress
75% of Bridport’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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7 people have contributed to Bridport’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
5 people have surveyed a route in Bridport
83km out of 83km have been walked and reviewed
137km of reviews have been shared in Bridport
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Walked 30/08/2023 and there were some paths completely overgrown but with a walking app it was easy to take a short detour. The sections on roads were quiet and interesting to walk through the villages....
Jim Binning
It started off well on footpaths and quiet lanes through peaceful countryside, but after crossing Barrowland Lane heading for Barrowland Farm I found the walk unpleasant until Whetley. Leaving the farm buildings the route deviates from the footpath, but follow the path (using gps) or you will get stuck. If I were to do this route again, I would try to plot a route that avoided Barrowland Farm and Powerstock Common....
Helen Gough
A mix of open fields, country lanes, tracks covered by trees, bridleways. Relatively easy walking with only minor climbing. Plenty of places to eat and drink at both the beginning and the end....
Jane Gough
I really like this area of Dorset, the countryside is beautiful and it is usually peaceful, even in the height of summer when the coast is heaving....
Helen Gough
Fine views are available from time to time but overall a poor route...
Pete
This is a great walk, but I dropped it to 4 stars just because there are some short sections where the paths are not maintained, so are difficult to walk on, and in some cases they are hard to find. The walk down in to Lyme Regis is brilliant, the famous Cobb, the town and sea are all suddenly revealed and you head towards them....
Helen Gough
The most difficult section when I walked was between the fish farm and Lower Sturthill, so overgrown that I wasn't entirely sure where the path was....
Helen Gough
There are a lot of gates on this walk, many of them large field gates as it is a bridleway, as well as small gates and a few stiles on footpath sections. Not too much road....
Mandy Rathbone
Very nice walk, fairly direct and well maintained route (only a couple of non-obvious boundary crossings, at least going in the Bridport to Axminster direction)...
jas203
Slow Ways added Axmbri one, a new walk from Axminster to Bridport
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Briabb one, a new walk from Bridport to Abbotsbury
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Bribea one, a new walk from Bridport to Beaminster
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Brimai one, a new walk from Bridport to Maiden Newton
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Lymbri one, a new walk from Lyme Regis to Bridport
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Bridport’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SY4659092902
Lat / Lon
50.73325° / -2.75817°
Easting / Northing
346,590E / 92,902N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Bridport's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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