The chains, Somerset
Recommended by
5.75
miles
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| Hard | 3hrs
Experience quintessential Exmoor among the barrows and tumuli of its Bronze Age farmers.
Tarr steps, Somerset
Recommended by
5.25
miles
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| Medium | 2hrs 30min
Visit one of the oldest bridges in the world, set in a quiet valley clothed in ancient woodland.
Wimbleball lake, Somerset
Recommended by
6
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mi
| Hard | 3hrs
Natural and artificial landscapes merge on this route through wooded valley, heathy hill and across the mighty Wimbleball Dam.
Porlock, Somerset
Recommended by
6
miles
mi
| Medium | 3hrs 15min
A stiff climb through wild woodland for a sudden sea view.
Horner, Somerset
Recommended by
4.5
miles
mi
| 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
mi
| Hard | 3hrs
A sunken lane from Wheddon Cross leads up to Lype Hill, the high point of the Brendons.
Holford, Somerset
Recommended by
5.5
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 40min
An up-and-down walk in the glorious Quantock combes.
Bridgwater, Somerset
Recommended by
6
miles
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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
mi
| Easy | 3hrs 15min
A pretty village and a wooded riverside on the edge of the Brendons.
Blackdown hills, Somerset
Recommended by
5
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 40min
Prior's Park Wood is at its best with autumn's colours or spring's bluebells beautifully concealing some intricate geology.
Curry rivel, Somerset
Recommended by
4
miles
mi
| Easy | 1hr 45min
From Curry Rivel to the Cider Monument for a view over the moors.
Ilminster, Somerset
Recommended by
5.75
miles
mi
| Easy | 2hrs 45min
A pleasing riverside ramble, an ancient village, and a wood that aspires to being ancient.
East lambrook, Somerset
Recommended by
4.75
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 30min
A gentle, secluded ramble around the fields and fragrant apple orchards of central Somerset.
Ham hill, Somerset
Recommended by
4
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs
Ascending the hill whose warm-coloured limestone forms the towns and villages of Somerset.
Ham hill, Somerset
Recommended by
5
miles
mi
| Medium | 3hrs 15min
High Wood to Ham Hill with unexpected views of Montacute House
Cucklington, Somerset
Recommended by
5.5
miles
mi
| Hard | 2hrs 45min
Up and down the hill in deepest Somerset, taking in a church with over a thousand years of history.
Polden hills, Somerset
Recommended by
4.5
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 15min
From Polden’s edge down on to the Somerset Levels and up again
Bruton, Somerset
Recommended by
4.5
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 15min
A walk around and above beautiful Bruton, a typical Somerset town, built in the early wealth of the wool industry.
