Walk · Dorset

Bowleaze Cove to Osmington Mills

Weymouth

5.6MILES

3hON FOOT

220mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 88% 12% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 74%Lane & track 14%Road with traffic 12%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Bowleaze Cove pay and display car park, Preston, Weymouth

Parking

Pay and display, large but shared with the holiday park; free on-street parking on Bowleaze Coveway is limited and fills early

Directions to the start →

A 5.6-mile out and back east along the low clay cliffs of Weymouth Bay to the Smugglers Inn, about three hours with 220 metres of undulating climb on grass paths and a short stretch of shingle beach. Start at the Bowleaze Cove car park, pay and display, large but shared with the holiday park and prone to filling on hot afternoons; the number 5 bus from Weymouth stops on Preston Road ten minutes away. Bowleaze is one of the Weymouth stretches where dogs are allowed all year, the cliff path itself is unfenced and slipping in places, and the Smugglers Inn at the far end takes dogs in the bar and garden, which makes the turnaround point a proper halfway house.

THE SMALL PRINTDorset Council dog PSPO applies along the Weymouth promenade stretches with leads required in council car parks and formal gardens; Bowleaze Cove itself allows dogs all year. The clay clifftop is unfenced and actively slipping.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · DORSET

GRID · 50.6330, -2.4185

SOURCE · HTTPS://WEYMOUTHTOWNCOUNCIL.GOV.UK/?P=13830

Bowleaze Cove to Osmington Mills

House rules, decoded

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