A climb up Golden Cap
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Walk directions
Walk back up through Seatown to the village edge. A gap on the left is signposted ‘Golden Cap’. The path goes through a gate at the end, and crosses the field to a gate and footbridge into woodland. After two gates at the other side, bear right up the hill, signposted ‘Golden Cap’.
Where the path forks by a bench keep left. Go through some trees and through a kissing gate. Bear left, around the open hillside, with Golden Cap ahead of you. Pass through a line of trees and walk up the fence. Go up some steps, through a gate, and continue ahead. At the fingerpost go left through a kissing gate to follow the path of shallow steps up through bracken, heather, bilberry and bramble to the top of Golden Cap.
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Terrain
- Field tracks, country lanes, steep zig-zag gravel path
Landscape
- Windswept coastline of lumps and bumps
Dog friendliness
- Some road walking; all the stiles have dog gates
Parking
- Car park above gravel beach in Seatown; beware as can flood in stormy weather
Toilets en route
- At end of road, Seatown
About the walk
Golden Cap is the rather obvious name for a high, flat-topped hill of deep orange sandstone on the cliffs between Charmouth and Bridport. It represents the tail-end of a vein of warm-coloured sandstone. The Cap is the highest point on the south coast, at 627ft (191m), with views along the shore to...
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About the area
Dorset is made up of rugged coastlines, high chalk downlands and a chain of picturesque villages and seaside towns that make up Britain’s Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, noted for its layers of shale and numerous fossils embedded in the rock. Hidden gems of Dorset can be found down winding, country lanes that lead to snug villages hidden from view.
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