Section 2 of 9, Jubilee Trail (Dorset)
Netherbury to Toller Fratrum
9.8 miles (15.8 km). About 4 hours, moderate.
Start: ST 468 000. Finish: SY 573 967. OS grid.
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Up and down
About 426 m of climbing and 350 m of descent; highest point 214 m.
Getting there
The section starts at Netherbury.
- Car park
- Car park (pay), 700 m from the start. Directions SY 470 993
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: Crewkerne station, 8.6 km away (Directions).
Getting back
The section finishes at Toller Fratrum.
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: Maiden Newton station, 2.9 km away (Directions).
Planning the Jubilee Trail (Dorset)
- Planning the whole trail: dorset-ramblers.org.uk.
- The guidebook the trail recommends: The Dorset Jubilee Trail - A Rambler's Guide (4th edition).
What to expect
Underfoot: grass 17%, paved or flagged 16%, gravel and tracks 6%; the rest (60%) isn't recorded.
About 16% on roads with traffic.
On the way: 3 stiles, 4 kissing gates, 20 gates.
Steepest climb: about 88 m in a kilometre (1 in 11), starting 0.8 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Cafés
- Kitchen, Lower Kingcombe: 7.6 miles in.The Coach House Café, Mapperton: 2.6 miles in, about 200 m off the way. Seats outside.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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