A CYCLIST was taken to hospital after he was found lying in the middle of the road near Lulworth Camp in Wareham in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Emergency services were called to the incident on the B3070 around 2.40am.

A Dorset Police spokesman said: "It is believed the man came off his bike.

"He was taken to Poole Hospital by ambulance with a possible head injury but his condition is not believed to be life threatening.

"There is not believed to be any third party involvement at this stage."