The chains, Somerset
5.75
miles
mi
| Hard | 3hrs
Experience quintessential Exmoor among the barrows and tumuli of its Bronze Age farmers.
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.
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.
Wiveliscombe, Somerset
6
miles
mi
| Easy | 3hrs 15min
A pretty village and a wooded riverside on the edge of the Brendons.
Bruton, Somerset
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.
Ebbor gorge, Somerset
4.75
miles
mi
| Hard | 2hrs 30min
The small but sublime limestone gorge that inspired Coleridge to write one of his best-known poems, 'Kubla Khan'.
Crook peak, Somerset
6
miles
mi
| Medium | 3hrs
A high-level ridge wander in the western Mendips over a lot of geology to Somerset’s shapeliest summit.
Leek, Staffordshire
4.25
miles
mi
| Medium | 1hr 45min
An 18th-century watermill provides the starting point for a revolution in transportation.
Apedale, Staffordshire
4.75
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs
Exploring the industrial history of a wasteland that’s been returned to nature.
