Here are details and photographs for the footpath from Greenhill to Bincombe.
To Bincombe: The footpath starts on Coombe Valley Road, just north of Chalbury, opposite the path to Plaisters Lane. Climb upwards, following the path left and right, and go through two gates up to the summit | |
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From Bincombe: Follow the footpath down and it turns left and right, and thus to Coombe Valley Road. You can now go straight on towards Plaisters Lane, or just down the road and across towards Puddledock Lane | |
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The view from the footpath across Coombe Valley, towards Chalbury | |
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"Here be giants" - the electricity pylons seeming to stride across the landscape | |
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Ancient and modern - the pylons pass a cluster of round barrows on the Ridgeway | |
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From Bincombe: After reaching the summit from Bincombe, follow the path through two gates, and then down the slope, left and right, towards Coombe Valley Road | |
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To Bincombe: When you reach the summit, you will find a track that descends gently towards the village of Bincombe | |
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The view to the south from the hillside above the track, with Weymouth, Weymouth Bay, Portland, and earthworks on the hillside in the foreground | |
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"Bincombe Bumps" - a group of round barrows on the Ridgeway above Bincombe | |
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