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Walk #804: South Haven Point to Worth Matravers

 

P20081122235 Sencan by the sign marking the start of the South West Coast Path.
     
P20081122262 Sencan by the nudist sign on Studland Beach.
P20081122235 Sencan by the sign marking the start of the South West Coast Path.
     
P20081122262 Sencan by the nudist sign on Studland Beach.

General Data

Date Walked 12/01/2008
County Dorset
Start Location South Haven Point
End Location Worth Matravers
Start time 08.26
End time 15.33
Distance 15.1 miles
Description This was a pleasant walk along the first fourteen miles of the South West Coast Path, heading thorugh Swanage.
Pack Today I carried my 30-litre Karrimor rucksack, filled with waterproofs, a book and other odds and ends.
Condition My left knee got slighty hurt when I slipped down the last hill, on the way to Worth Matrevers. Aside from that I am tired, but feel fine.
Weather The day started off sunny, with scarcely a cloud in the sky. However as the day went on the clouds rolled in, until at the end of the day there were some fairly ominoud clouds hanging around overhead.
OS map Landranger number 195 (Bournemouth & Purbeck, Wimborne Minster & Ringwood)

 

P20081122263 Looking out towards The Foreland.
     
P20081122281 Old military post near Studland.
P20081122263 Looking out towards The Foreland.
     
P20081122281 Old military post near Studland.

General Walk Information

LegTo Time Grid reference
1 South Haven Point car park 08.26 SZ0366286658
2 South Haven Point 08.30 SZ0362286656
3 Beach 08.51 SZ0416085590
4 Beach 09.14 SZ0345884001
5 Beach 09.35 SZ0361683023
6 Footpath 09.53 SZ0409382478
7 Old Harry rocks at the Foreland 10.17 SZ0542082397
8 Footpath 10.37 SZ0471281316
9 Footpath 10.56 SZ0375680951
10 Footpath 11.11 SZ0336180319
11 Swanage station 11.38 SZ0294378916
12 The Ship Inn in Swanage 11.55 to 12.25SZ0320278704
13 Footpath 12.45 SZ0382478518
14 Durlston Head Castle 13.12 SZ0337077282
15 Footpath near Anvil Point lighthouse 13.33 SZ0281776888
16 Footpath 13.50 SZ0176276870
17 Footpath 14.10 SZ0028676845
18 Footpath above Dancing Ledge 14.32 SY9970576971
19 Footpath junction in Seacombe 14.57 SY9846376751
20 Worth Matravers 15.33 SY9729577478

 

P20081122296 Old Harry and Old Harry's Wife.
     
P20081122302 The Pinnacles.
P20081122296 Old Harry and Old Harry's Wife.
     
P20081122302 The Pinnacles.

Notes

Statr of SWCP - nice drive.

Ferry leaving

Toilet break

flooded section of path, old army buildings

Old Harry, the Pinnacles, beautiful day.

Steep descentr down into Swanage; need yo use poles.

Beach hut bases in Swanage; nice old town

Calling into shop, station and pub. for food.

A wave-lashed walk to Peveril Point.

Durlston Head Castle under restoration; monuments in garden..

Tilly Whim Caves and the lighthouse; measued mile markers..

Mudyd paths, Sencan tiring, leant her both poles.

People camping in quarry bottom, turning inland at Seacombe Quarry, slip down slope.

Bad taxi journey nback.

 

P20081122321 A Robin on a branch.
     
P20081122340 Swanage.
P20081122321 A Robin on a branch.
     
P20081122340 Swanage.

Directions

 

P20081122344 Sencan by a wall paining in Swanage.
     
P20081122356 The wave-lashed path on Peveril Point.
P20081122344 Sencan by a wall paining in Swanage.
     
P20081122356 The wave-lashed path on Peveril Point.

Distances

From To Distance (m)Ascent (ft) Descent (ft)

This makes a total distance of miles, with feet of ascent and feet of descent.

  Profile of walk #804

Transport

We used a tazi to get back to South Haven Point; this took us on a rather roundabout route via Corfe Castle, and cost us nearly double the sixteen pounds that we had been quoted for the journey.

 

P20081122375 Ornaments in the grounds of Durlston Head Castle.
     
P20081122387 An old quarry near Anvil Point lighthouse.
P20081122375 Ornaments in the grounds of Durlston Head Castle.
     
P20081122387 An old quarry near Anvil Point lighthouse.

 

P20081122389 Anvil Point lighthouse.
     
P20081122409 Heading west from Anvil Point lighthouse.
P20081122389 Anvil Point lighthouse.
     
P20081122409 Heading west from Anvil Point lighthouse.

 

P20081122430 Looking up Seacombe Bottom.
     
P20081122449 The pond in Worth Matravers.
P20081122430 Looking up Seacombe Bottom.
     
P20081122449 The pond in Worth Matravers.

Disclaimer

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