The chains, Somerset
5.75
miles
mi
| Hard | 3hrs
Experience quintessential Exmoor among the barrows and tumuli of its Bronze Age farmers.
Doone valley, Somerset
8.75
miles
mi
| 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.
Tarr steps, Somerset
5.25
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 30min
Visit one of the oldest bridges in the world, set in a quiet valley clothed in ancient woodland.
Withypool, Somerset
3.5
miles
mi
| Medium | 1hr 45min
A short walk up the wooded riverside and on to grassy moorland.
Wimbleball lake, Somerset
6
miles
mi
| Hard | 3hrs
Natural and artificial landscapes merge on this route through wooded valley, heathy hill and across the mighty Wimbleball Dam.
Porlock, Somerset
6
miles
mi
| Medium | 3hrs 15min
A stiff climb through wild woodland for a sudden sea view.
Horner, Somerset
4.5
miles
mi
| Hard | 2hrs 30min
On the trail of Exmoor's red deer in the woodlands under Dunkery Beacon.
Dunkery beacon, Somerset
4.75
miles
mi
| Hard | 2hrs 15min
A moorland walk to the high point of Somerset
Minehead, Somerset
8.75
miles
mi
| Medium | 4hrs 15min
From Porlock to Minehead along paths well trodden by smugglers, coastguards and a famous poet
Lype hill, Somerset
5.75
miles
mi
| Hard | 3hrs
A sunken lane from Wheddon Cross leads up to Lype Hill, the high point of the Brendons.
Holford, Somerset
5.5
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 40min
An up-and-down walk in the glorious Quantock combes.
Holford, Somerset
7.25
miles
mi
| Medium | 3hrs 15min
Stretch your legs on this walk along the extensive Quantock ridge.
