Route 3 Cream Teas with Breathtaking Views
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TREAT YOURSELF Route 3 Get into the holiday spirit - cream teas or coffee & cake are a great excuse to relax and enjoy the stunning views. Corfe Castle, Worth Corfe Castle & the Purbeck Ridge Matravers and Swanage all have teashops to tempt you (and there’s even a Cake Emporium in Swanage too!). DANCING LEDGE, TILLY WHIM, WINSPIT BOTTOM … Once you head towards Worth Matravers you’ll soon get a view of the sea. This is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, which has a great story of over 185 million years of rock history to tell. What an outstanding backdrop to your ride! Cream teas with jurassiccoast.org DURLSTON CASTLE breathtaking views Durlston Castle and Country Park is well worth a detour – head to the Castle for exhibitions and information about the wildlife of the area, or try their ‘7 mile menu’ celebrating the wealth of local produce. Beautiful walks along the coast and through wildflower meadows can easily while away an afternoon. durlston.co.uk Pedalling around Purbeck will feel like you’re in another world. As you leave Corfe Castle behind you this route PURBECK MARBLE takes you to some of the lesser known sights and sounds You will see the Jurassic Coast rocks up close in the field walls of the area, to help you really get under the skin of this (look out for the zigzag local style), barns and even roof tiles. beautiful place. Purbeck limestone has been quarried here for centuries and features in abbeys and cathedrals across the country including To get the best views there are a few hills along the way. Westminster and Salisbury. But don’t let that put you off - this is perfect Tea and Cake country, so there’s plenty of places to top up your energy LESS IS MORE! levels in a very delicious way! Take a closer look at the fields as you cycle by and you could spot some rare grasses and flowers – with great names like Shepherd’s Needle and Venus’ Looking Glass. These thrive in this area where less fertilizers are used. As you pedal (or push!) up the Ridge you’ll see the grassland packed full of wildflowers in the summer. is a founder The unique Square and PURBECK ICE CREAM Compass Pub (complete member of Dorset Food & Drink, with Fossil Museum) in Worth based at Kingston near Corfe Matravers is worth a visit! Castle, making traditional and Swanage Railway gives you quite unusual flavours! an option to ‘puff’ back to VISIT SWANAGE OUT OF the start without losing your – the annual Fish SEASON breath. This regular service s will take you and your bike Festival and the Walking back to Corfe Castle in style. and Literary Festival are worth a return trip. Silton Phew DISTANCE: 15 miles REMPSTONE HEATH Eat & Great Farm Steep Your NCN STUDLAND drink view shop bit route route HEATH y Milton on Stour a B d n a l d EAT THE u t VIEW Norden S OLD HARRY GILLINGHAM Sedgehill Studland ROCKS East Hill Phew North End BRENSCOME B3351 CORFE HILL BALLARD SWANAGE BAY FISH SQUARE AND COMPASSEcclie CASTLE DOWN B3092 A350 Seasonal fresh fish all year, caught by our own Home pressed ciders are the perfect Semleys Woolgarston Phew & other local fishermen.swanagebayfish.com accompaniment to a hot pasty. Complete with fossil museum. squareandcompasspub.co.uk Elm Hill CHOCOCO Ulwell WORTH MATRAVERS TEA A351 Harman’s Fine handmade chocolates with original Cross chocolate & local ingredients. chococo.co.uk & SUPPER ROOM Vintage china and lovely staff, serving lunches, afternoon teas and summer Swana Phew LOVE CAKE ge R suppers. worthmatraverstearoom.co.uk ail Swanage’s first Cafe-Deli-Cake Emporium, Kingston wa y baking devilishly delicious cakes, brownies Suppliers only and puddings. Catering offer too. A30 Phew PURBECK ICE CREAMEast Stour B3069 SWANAGE B3081 SEVENTH WAVE ProducedWest with Stour passion using fresh milk, DUNCLIFFE Purbeck way HILL Langton Good quality. freshly cooked dishes using as thick double cream and an abundance of Matravers PEVERIL natural flavours.purbeckicecream.co.uk She much local produce as possible, set in the grounds rbo POINT urn Acton e Ca of Durslton Country Park. 7eventhwave.com use way CRAB APPLEB3092 CATERINGStour SHAFTESBURY DURLSTON Creating fantastic eventsProvost & parties with Stour Priest’s way NORDEN FARM SHOP Renscombe CASTLE Crammed with lots of local food and drink for glorious canapés, buffets and meals. Row all your daily needs. crabapplecatering.co.uk A30 Worth COUNTRY DURLSTON Matravers PARK HEAD oast h West C al Path Sout JAVA COFFEE B3091 Phew TILLY DRAGONS BAKERY Freshly baked bread, cakes and pastries in the Mobile coffee van serving high quality CHAPMAN’S WHIM DANCING coffee and loose leaf tea, with homemade POOL ssic Coast heart of Corfe Castle LEDGE Jura cakes and savouries. CORFE CASTLE TEA ROOM Todber Winspit Enjoy a Dorset cream tea overlooking Corfe JURASSIC COTTAGE FOODS LOOKOUT Castle itself. nationaltrust.org.uk Specialists in nostalgia! Traditional STATION West foods using traditional methods. Guy’s Melbury jurassiccottagefoods.com Marsh CASTLE VILLAGE STORES Selling many locally produced products from Margaret Dorset. corfecastlevillagestores.co.uk Marsh A350 Twyford Full list of Dorset Food & Drink members Woodbridge can be found at West Orchard dorsetfoodanddrink.org Route 3 Before you set off, check detailed maps & updates at dorsetfoodanddrink.org Bedchester Fontmell Magna.