Facilities & access

General

  • The South West Coast Path runs through the Golden Cap estate offering panoramic cliff top views
  • There are a further 25 miles of footpaths to explore inland through historic meadows and woodland
  • A small National Trust shop and information point is located at Stonebarrow Hill
  • Toilets can be found next to the National Trust shop
  • Great spots for picnics can be found all over the estate, but especially at Stonebarrow Hill
  • Snacks, drinks and ice creams are available from National Trust shop at Stonebarrow Hill
  • The Garden Cafe at Downhouse Farm, Higher Eype, offers local organic produce for sale
  • Pubs can be found in Seatown, Charmouth and Chideoc
  • Dogs are welcome on leads, but not allowed on beaches during busy periods, from May to September
  • A National Trust circular walks pack is available for £3.95 from our Stonebarrow shop
  • Pay & display parking at Stonebarrow Hill (National Trust members free), Langdon Hill (National Trust members free), Charmouth - Heritage Coast Centre (not NT), Seatown (not NT) and Eype Mouth (not NT)
  • There are several geocaches located on the Golden Cap estate
  • The beaches below Golden Cap are a good place for sea-angling, with mackerel and sea bass off-shore
  • The beaches are suitable for paddling and swimming in fine weather conditions
  • Sea-kayaking is also popular along the Dorset coast
  • There are four National Trust holiday cottages in a secluded valley at St Gabriel's: Ash Cottage (sleeps 4); Elm Cottage (sleeps 6); Oak Cottage (sleeps 4) and Beech Cottage (sleeps 5)
  • You can also stay at Stonebarrow Basecamp, a converted post-war MOD radar station (sleeps 8)
  • There is a National Trust camping and caravan field at St Gabriel's. This is a small, basic campsite, offering a water supply but no other facilities
  • Downhouse Farm, Higher Eype, also has a camping area with basic facilities but no showers

Family & children

  • Tire out the kids with wildlife-spotting, fossil-hunting and rock-pooling
  • Family events like an Easter Egg Trail and Pirates Treasure Trail in August

Access

  • Stonebarrow Hill and Langdon Hill have no designated disabled parking spaces, but they do have plenty of room and level surfaces for wheelchair access
  • Accessible toilet at Stonebarrow shop - opening times are the same as the shop
  • A generally undulating landscape with grassy paths and cliff tops, rough terrain and gradients
  • Steps down to all beaches
  • At Langdon Hill there is a 1 mile circular path with a wide, level and compacted surface suitable for most wheelchairs and pushchairs. It is accessed by a gate with RADAR key