The chains, Somerset
Recommended by
5.75
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| Hard | 3hrs
Experience quintessential Exmoor among the barrows and tumuli of its Bronze Age farmers.
Doone valley, Somerset
Recommended by
8.75
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| Hard | 4hrs 30min
Fact and fiction intertwine in this moorland valley walk, which visits the tiny church celebrated in R D Blackmore's classic novel.
Wimbleball lake, Somerset
Recommended by
6
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| Hard | 3hrs
Natural and artificial landscapes merge on this route through wooded valley, heathy hill and across the mighty Wimbleball Dam.
Horner, Somerset
Recommended by
4.5
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| Hard | 2hrs 30min
On the trail of Exmoor's red deer in the woodlands under Dunkery Beacon.
Dunkery beacon, Somerset
Recommended by
4.75
miles
mi
| Hard | 2hrs 15min
A moorland walk to the high point of Somerset
Lype hill, Somerset
Recommended by
5.75
miles
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| Hard | 3hrs
A sunken lane from Wheddon Cross leads up to Lype Hill, the high point of the Brendons.
Kilve, Somerset
Recommended by
3
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| Easy | 1hr 30min
With the risk of French invasion now passed, you can spy out these Tudor villages and breezy cliffs without fearing arrest.
Bridgwater, Somerset
Recommended by
6
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| Easy | 2hrs 15min
From Bridgwater walk out beside a river and back beside a canal
Wiveliscombe, Somerset
Recommended by
6
miles
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| Easy | 3hrs 15min
A pretty village and a wooded riverside on the edge of the Brendons.
Stapley, Somerset
Recommended by
3
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| Easy | 1hr 40min
Stapley's little valley looks down over the country boundary into Devon, towards a grim murder scene.
Curry rivel, Somerset
Recommended by
4
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| Easy | 1hr 45min
From Curry Rivel to the Cider Monument for a view over the moors.
Ilminster, Somerset
Recommended by
5.75
miles
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| Easy | 2hrs 45min
A pleasing riverside ramble, an ancient village, and a wood that aspires to being ancient.
Winsham, Somerset
Recommended by
7
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| Easy | 3hrs 30min
A walk between two remarkable villages, featuring two very different churches, hidden in the chalk combes of southwest Somerset.
Cucklington, Somerset
Recommended by
5.5
miles
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| Hard | 2hrs 45min
Up and down the hill in deepest Somerset, taking in a church with over a thousand years of history.
Glastonbury, Somerset
Recommended by
2.5
miles
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| Easy | 1hr 30min
King Arthur, a sacred thorn, a Somerset tor and 10 centuries of fine buildings
Nunney, Somerset
Recommended by
3
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| Easy | 1hr 15mins
Visit a stone-built village with a moated castle, once besieged in the Civil War, on this wander through woodland and pasture.
Ebbor gorge, Somerset
Recommended by
4.75
miles
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| Hard | 2hrs 30min
The small but sublime limestone gorge that inspired Coleridge to write one of his best-known poems, 'Kubla Khan'.
Cheddar, Somerset
Recommended by
3.5
miles
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| Hard | 2hrs 15min
A circuit around Somerset’s most impressive natural feature and beside the home of its gorgeous cheese.
Huntspill, Somerset
Recommended by
4.5
miles
mi
| Easy | 1hr 45min
No cliffs or crashing waves – a coastal walk to heighten your understanding of flatlands and mud.
Dolebury warren, Somerset
Recommended by
5.25
miles
mi
| Easy | 2hrs 30min
A fine walk through woodland, heathland and an Iron Age hill-fort on the northern rim of the Mendips.
