The chains, Somerset
Recommended by
5.75
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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
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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.
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.
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.
Winsham, Somerset
Recommended by
7
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| Easy | 3hrs 30min
A walk between two remarkable villages, featuring two very different churches, hidden in the chalk combes of southwest Somerset.
South cadbury, Somerset
Recommended by
6.5
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| Medium | 3hrs 30min
A hill-fort gives wide views of Somerset and a glimpse of pre-history.
Glastonbury, Somerset
Recommended by
2.5
miles
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| Easy | 1hr 30min
King Arthur, a sacred thorn, a Somerset tor and 10 centuries of fine buildings
Alfred's tower, Somerset
Recommended by
8.5
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| Medium | 4hrs
An expedition through parts of Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, to Stourhead and Alfred’s Tower.
Bruton, Somerset
Recommended by
4.5
miles
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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.
Ebbor gorge, Somerset
Recommended by
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
Recommended by
6
miles
mi
| Medium | 3hrs
A high-level ridge wander in the western Mendips over a lot of geology to Somerset’s shapeliest summit.
Burrington combe, Somerset
Recommended by
5.5
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 15min
Wellow, Somerset
Recommended by
6.5
miles
mi
| Medium | 3hrs 30min
A green valley walk, where Cotswold melds into Mendip
Wellow, Somerset
Recommended by
5.75
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mi
| Medium | 2hrs 15min
Leek, Staffordshire
Recommended by
4.25
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| Medium | 1hr 45min
An 18th-century watermill provides the starting point for a revolution in transportation.
Apedale, Staffordshire
Recommended by
4.75
miles
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| Medium | 2hrs
Exploring the industrial history of a wasteland that’s been returned to nature.
Caldonlow, Staffordshire
Recommended by
6
miles
mi
| Medium | 2hrs 30min
A spectacular walk with a geological backdrop
Consall, Staffordshire
Recommended by
3.5
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mi
| Medium | 1hr 30min
A canal and woodland walk looking at man’s impact on the area.
