Poole Heritage Cycle Route

A walking or cycle ride of approximately 7.5 miles, visiting places of historic interest around the harbourside town of Poole.

A circular route between Upton Country Park and Poole Town Centre. Most of the route now forms part of the National Cycleway Route 25 from Frome to Poole. Look out for the penny farthing signs along the route.

Upton Country Park provides a good place to start your heritage trip, either arriving by bike on the Trailway/Roman road, or the Hamworthy cycleways, with the bike on the car or by other means. Refreshments can be obtained at a kiosk at the house or in the heritage centre. The Peacock Art Gallery upstairs in the Heritage Centre, has regularly changing exhibitions.

Without tea or pub stops, the Heritage trail is around a one hour cycle, or a three hour walking route. Poole Railway Station, on the London Waterloo to Weymouth mainline is on the route, and Hamworthy Railway Station is a short cycle from Upton Country Park. Car parks at Upton Country Park, Whitecliffe Park, Harbourside Park (Baiter Park), and Poole Park are convenient for the route.

Scroll down this page to download a route map or use the zoomable map to view the route. If you use a Garmin device or other GPS device, you can download a GPX file of these routes to your device to help you navigate the route.

You can also download a route leaflet here - https://uptoncountrypark.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Poole_Heritage_Cycle_Route.pdf

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