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RIDE 1 “Exactly the Place the Day Can Unfold” RIDE 1 FISH & CLIFFS Choose from the variety of food and drink kiosks on the Bridport & harbourside before strolling to the beach and famous Netherbury golden cliffs of West Bay. BUTCHERS, BAKERS & ROPEMAKERS Bridport has it all! Eclectic mix of artisan shops, vintage bargains, traditional & Farmers Markets, art, entertainment, set amongst “Exactly the place historic alleys and streets. Experience Dorset’s best food & drink at the town’s food festival. bridportfoodfestival.com the day can unfold” TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY! Celebrate reaching Pilsdon Pen, second highest point in Dorset, only 30m short of being a mountain! Take in 360-degree views Bridport’s Market Garden – south to Marshwood Vale & sea, east to Hardy Monument, west to Exmoor & Quantocks, Polden & Mendip hills to the north. BEEF, BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS Bridport is an ideal place to shop and pick up a picnic Downhouse Farm & café - working farm on National Trust’s to eat on your route or try out one of the many acclaimed Golden Cap Estate, wildlife haven, wild flower meadows, restaurants and bistros. criss-crossed by footpaths. Enjoy a walk followed by home-baked cake & tea! From Bridport you will pedal out to the isolated villages hidden in the secret Marshwood Vale under the shadow of the ancient PALMERS BREWERY hill forts of Pilsdon Pen and Lewesdon Hill. Interesting tours and tastings at the only thatched brewery with a waterwheel in the UK. Details at palmersbrewery.com Follow the River Brit through idyllic villages like Netherbury and Symondsbury. Look out for the beautifully restored QUINTESSENTIALLY DORSET traditional Dorset fingerposts pointing the way. Stoke Abbott is the setting for an old fashioned July day out. Dating back to Victorian times, Stoke Abbott Street Fair Finish up at West Bay for locally caught fish and chips, is a traditional village fair with parade, games, stalls, music sitting on the beach, listening to the waves break on the and the best cream teas in the world – probably! pebbles of Chesil Bank and watching the sunset. (see map for optional add on route) Remember to always follow the highway code. Look out for the great Many farms along the coast have Bridport Museum selection of fresh seafood initiatives to improve the landscape From ropes for Henry VIII’s navy to while wandering around Bridport and West Bay. and wildlife on the farm. Look out tennis nets of today and much more for wildflowers, butterflies and bees FREE ENTRY Poetry by Zenobia Venner Evershot Broadwindsor MAIN: 15 MILES SHORT: 8 MILES B3165 B3163 B3164 BEAMINSTER Cerne Abbas Birdsmoorgate B3163 The Kingcombe Stoke Abbott Hooke Centre Bettiscombe A356 Cattistock Blackney ST MARY Marshwood Pilsdon THE VIRGIN Full list of Dorset Food Lower Netherbury & Drink members Strode EAT THE can be found at l l South i VIEW dorsetfoodanddrink.org B3165 H Lower Bowood e p Kingcombe Maiden a l Newton Waytown S Melplash Spring me Shave Blossom er Fro P Toller Riv Cross Loscombe ow A352 ers Porcorum toc A37 k C om mon A3066 Salwayash Broadoak A356 Powerstock DORSET NECTAR Wootton Mangerton West DAVY’S LOCKER Artisan ciders, juices and vinegars Whitchurch B3162 Milton dorsetnectar.co.uk Fitzpaine Canonicorum Supplier of local, sustainably-caught A35 fish to restaurants and cafes davyslocker.co.uk Dottery SAMWAYS FISH SHOP Ryall Nettlecombe PALMERS BREWERY Sustainably sourced directly from West Bay samwaysfish.comFrampton Bridport’s own brewery since 1794 Grimstone Catherston Eggardon Hillpalmersbrewery.com Leweston Morcombelake Loders THE WATCH HOUSE CAFÉ Bradpole HIVE BEACH CAFÉ Fish, pizzas and homemade cakes Uploders from their own micro-bakery A3052 Nat Stratton ional C Fantastic café right on the beach ycle Netw watchhousecafe.co.uk ork hivebeachcafe.co.uk ar Ch Charmouth r Symondsbury e iv DENHAY FARMS R SOULSHINE CAFE A35 Askerswell Award winning dry cured bacon Bradford A35 Friendly, fun café and juice bar Chideock denhay.co.uk Peverell soulshinecafe.co.uk Charminster So LYME REGIS uth W est WASHINGPOOL FARM Rive Coa BRIDPORT DOWNHOUSE FARM & CAFÉ r From sta e l P Juras at Shipton Organic farm, family run café SHOP & RESTAURANT si h t c C i Bothenhampton oas Eype r and campsite downhousefarm.org Local products - some produced t B Gorge A37 r on the farmWinterbourne inc their own meat e v i Litton Cheney Abbas R FURLEIGH ESTATE VINEYARD washingpool.co.uk West Bay Tours & tastings of award winning wines furleighestate.co.uk FRAMPTONSA35 OF BRIDPORT Long Bredy DORCHESTER Bride Traditional, local, friendly butchers ver Ri Framptonsofbridport.co.uk Burton SYMONDSBURY KITCHEN & STORE Bradstock Shop and kitchen serving local seasonal food Winterbourne symondsburyestate.co.uk BABOO GELATO Steepleton Artisan ice cream and lollies Puncknowle Littlebredy baboogelato.com The Hardy Martinstown B3157 Monument H borne iv S inter e B outh W ea ch Swyre Valley of Stones Grey mare and colts Hell StoneRIDE 1 Portesham Abbotsbury Coryates B3157 C he St Catherine’s ss Chapel il B ea ch Rodden.
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