Lype hill, Somerset
Recommended by
5.75
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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
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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.
Holford, Somerset
Recommended by
5.5
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| Medium | 2hrs 40min
An up-and-down walk in the glorious Quantock combes.
Bridgwater, Somerset
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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
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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.
Blackdown hills, Somerset
Recommended by
5
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| 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
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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
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| 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
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| Medium | 2hrs 30min
A gentle, secluded ramble around the fields and fragrant apple orchards of central Somerset.
Ham hill, Somerset
Recommended by
4
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| Medium | 2hrs
Ascending the hill whose warm-coloured limestone forms the towns and villages of Somerset.
Ham hill, Somerset
Recommended by
5
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| Medium | 3hrs 15min
High Wood to Ham Hill with unexpected views of Montacute House
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.
Polden hills, Somerset
Recommended by
4.5
miles
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| Medium | 2hrs 15min
From Polden’s edge down on to the Somerset Levels and up again
Glastonbury, Somerset
Recommended by
2.5
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| Easy | 1hr 30min
King Arthur, a sacred thorn, a Somerset tor and 10 centuries of fine buildings
Bruton, Somerset
Recommended by
4.5
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| Medium | 2hrs 15min
A walk around and above beautiful Bruton, a typical Somerset town, built in the early wealth of the wool industry.
Nunney, Somerset
Recommended by
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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.
Shepton mallet, Somerset
Recommended by
3.5
miles
mi
| Medium | 1hr 40min
Catch a bus for this linear stroll along a Roman motorway.
Burrow mump, Somerset
Recommended by
5.25
miles
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| Medium | 2hrs 15min
A gentle wander around the Somerset Levels near Burrowbridge leading up to a hump called a ‘mump’.
