Winsford Hill

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"High above Tarr Steps"
Walk directions

Join the lane uphill towards Liscombe. Nearing the village, turn sharp left on a track signed to Knaplock. Entering a field corner, swing right through a gate and then left beside the hedge. Emerging at the top, follow a track left then bear right into the field far corner. Cross a stile and continue by the left hedge of two more fields to come out beside Higher Knaplock Farm.

The track ahead (signed 'Tarr Steps') winds to Knaplock Farm. Picking up signs to Comer's Gate, turn right through the yard and wind up between barns to a gate at the top. Bear left along a hedged track, passing through a couple of gates and crossing a stream. Swing right through an often-waterlogged section, shortly approaching a line of beech trees. Keep with the old track by the left bank, soon passing through a gate onto the edge of open moor. Before long, at a sign, the path arcs right to avoid a bog, rejoining the bank some 350yds (320m) further on. Where the boundary then curves left, rise ahead through gorse to a diminutive four-way signpost.

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  Terrain  - Moorland paths and tracks, a short stretch along lane
  Landscape  - Moorland and upland grazing
  Dog friendliness  - Keep dogs on leads near grazing animals
  Parking  - Tarr Steps pay and display car park, 0.25 miles (400m) west of Liscombe (can be congested in summer)
  Toilets en route  - At car park
About the walk
Winsford Hill lies near the edge of the Exmoor plateau, separating the valleys of the Barle and Exe and, rising some 750 feet (229m) above the rivers, opens impressive panoramas across the landscape. Readily distinguished is Dunkery Hill to the north, while to the south east and south west...
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Somerset remains rural and unspoiled, and ever popular areas to visit are the limestone and red sandstone Mendip Hills rising to over 1,000 feet, and by complete contrast, to the south and southwest, the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels. Another popular spot, the Quantocks, once the haunt of poets Coleridge and Wordsworth, are noted for their gentle slopes, heather-covered moorland expanses and red deer.
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Winsford Hill

Recommended by
Our view
"High above Tarr Steps"
Dog friendly
Location
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Additional information
  Terrain - Moorland paths and tracks, a short stretch along lane
  Landscape - Moorland and upland grazing
  Dog friendliness - Keep dogs on leads near grazing animals
  Parking - Tarr Steps pay and display car park, 0.25 miles (400m) west of Liscombe (can be congested in summer)
  Toilets en route - At car park
About the walk
Winsford Hill lies near the edge of the Exmoor plateau, separating the valleys of the Barle and Exe and, rising some 750 feet (229m) above the rivers, opens impressive panoramas across the landscape. Readily distinguished is Dunkery Hill to the north, while to the south east and south west...
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About the area
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Somerset
Somerset remains rural and unspoiled, and ever popular areas to visit are the limestone and red sandstone Mendip Hills rising to over 1,000 feet, and by complete contrast, to the south and southwest, the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels. Another popular spot, the Quantocks, once the haunt of poets Coleridge and Wordsworth, are noted for their gentle slopes, heather-covered moorland expanses and red deer.