Walk St Aldhelm's Head (St Alban's Head) from Worth Matravers
One short, steep ascent to magnificent views
This 4¾ mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Worth Matravers in the Wessex Downs & will take you about 2½ hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | do142 | |
| Length: | 4¾ miles (7.5km) | |
| Ascent: | 754 ft (230m) | |
| Time: | 2½ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
Worth Matravers - The South West Coast Path - Emmetts Hill - St Aldhelm's (St Alban's) Head - St Aldhelm's Chapel - National Coastwatch Station St Alban's Head - West Man - Winspit - Winspit Bottom - Worth Matravers
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The South West Coast Path, a 966km (600 miles) linear footpath connecting Minehead in Somerset, England with South Haven Point in Dorset, England. The South West Coast Path is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The South West Coast Path.
Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 195 Bournemouth & Purbeck, Wimborne Minster & Ringwood is not currently available
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk St Aldhelm's Head (St Alban's Head) from Worth Matravers
In no particular order . . .
Chapman's Pool and Houns-tout Cliff from St Aldhelm's Head (or St Alban's Head), The South West Coast Path
Cliffs East of St Aldhelm's Head (or St Alban's Head), The South West Coast Path
. . . load all 19 pictures & photos from this walk
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