Mendip Trail & Way Loop

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 29.09 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 10h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 790 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 794 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 264 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 6 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 35 m - Start out going southwest on Barton Road.
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 34 m - Turn sharp right onto walkway. Proceed southwest through Mendip Hills AONB (See map for details).
  3. 3 : km 3.51 - alt. 160 m - Keep left
  4. 4 : km 4.63 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Winscombe Hill
  5. 5 : km 4.68 - alt. 77 m - Keep left onto Winscombe Hill
  6. 6 : km 4.75 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Bridgwater Road, A38
  7. 7 : km 4.84 - alt. 79 m - Turn sharp right
  8. 8 : km 5.02 - alt. 105 m - Keep left
  9. 9 : km 5.02 - alt. 105 m - Keep left onto Winscombe Drove
  10. 10 : km 6.52 - alt. 154 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 6.72 - alt. 155 m - Turn right
  12. 12 : km 7.43 - alt. 156 m - Turn left onto Cuck Hill
  13. 13 : km 7.75 - alt. 134 m - Turn right onto Hollow Road
  14. 14 : km 7.76 - alt. 135 m - Keep left onto Hollow Road
  15. 15 : km 8.07 - alt. 152 m - Keep right onto Barn Pool
  16. 16 : km 8.18 - alt. 153 m - Turn right onto Lippiatt Lane
  17. 17 : km 10.02 - alt. 252 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 10.31 - alt. 264 m - Keep left
  19. 19 : km 10.34 - alt. 263 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 11.52 - alt. 149 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 11.61 - alt. 154 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 11.93 - alt. 157 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 11.93 - alt. 157 m - Keep left
  24. 24 : km 12.23 - alt. 174 m - Keep left
  25. 25 : km 12.97 - alt. 178 m - Keep right
  26. 26 : km 13.17 - alt. 152 m - Keep left
  27. 27 : km 13.63 - alt. 80 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 13.93 - alt. 87 m - Turn sharp right
  29. 29 : km 14.13 - alt. 100 m - Turn sharp left onto Rowberrow Lane
  30. 30 : km 14.23 - alt. 108 m - Keep right onto Rowberrow Lane
  31. 31 : km 14.72 - alt. 134 m - Turn sharp right
  32. 32 : km 15.42 - alt. 101 m - Keep right
  33. 33 : km 15.85 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto Cheddarcoombe Lane
  34. 34 : km 15.97 - alt. 81 m - Turn left onto A38
  35. 35 : km 16.09 - alt. 84 m - Keep right onto Pylewell Lane
  36. 36 : km 16.34 - alt. 71 m - Keep right onto Mapleton Lane
  37. 37 : km 16.78 - alt. 99 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 18.29 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 18.45 - alt. 44 m - Turn right onto Shipham Lane
  40. 40 : km 19.16 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight left
  41. 41 : km 20.02 - alt. 25 m - Turn right
  42. 42 : km 20.74 - alt. 53 m - Turn sharp left onto The Rhodyate
  43. 43 : km 20.77 - alt. 55 m - Turn right onto Wint Hill
  44. 44 : km 21.21 - alt. 71 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 21.66 - alt. 76 m - Keep right
  46. 46 : km 22.77 - alt. 55 m - Turn sharp left
  47. 47 : km 22.89 - alt. 45 m - Keep right onto Bridewell Lane
  48. 48 : km 24.29 - alt. 96 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 24.62 - alt. 114 m - Keep left
  50. 50 : km 24.84 - alt. 138 m - Turn sharp right
  51. 51 : km 27.18 - alt. 21 m - Turn right onto Christon Road
  52. 52 : km 27.22 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Church Lane
  53. 53 : km 27.57 - alt. 6 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 27.68 - alt. 7 m - Turn sharp left
  55. 55 : km 28.22 - alt. 16 m - Turn left onto Barton Road
  56. S/E : km 29.09 - alt. 36 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

Walking Wavering Down and Crook Peak from Kings Wood, near Winscombe

Walker
↔9.43 km ↗+284 m ↘-283 m ◔3h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Compton Bishop (Somerset)

This Somerset walk includes a wonderful ridge walk along the West Mindop Way to the summit of Crook Peak. The return route passes through the villages of Compton Bishop and Cross.

Walking Axbridge & Cheddar Reservoir

Association or club
↔10.25 km ↗+38 m ↘-43 m ◔3h 00 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Compton Bishop (Somerset)

Visit our historic local town, returning via a bird-rich reservoir and a section of the atmospheric Somerset Levels.

Walking Crook Peak & Compton Bishop

Association or club
↔10.10 km ↗+282 m ↘-279 m ◔3h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Compton Bishop (Somerset)

Superb views from a rocky hilltop, returning via a pretty village and a path below the Mendip ridge.

Walking King’s Wood

Association or club
↔3.76 km ↗+107 m ↘-104 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Compton Bishop (Somerset)

A disused railway and tunnel, a local nature reserve with orchids and ancient trees, and a wooded return.

Walking Crook Peak

Association or club
↔13.06 km ↗+299 m ↘-304 m ◔4h 35 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Winscombe and Sandford (North Somerset)

An energetic climb from a pretty village is rewarded by superb views over the Somerset Levels.

Walking Callow Drove & Shute Shelve Tunnel

Association or club
↔6.83 km ↗+199 m ↘-198 m ◔2h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Winscombe and Sandford (North Somerset)

Fine views from the Mendip ridge, with an easy return through a disused railway tunnel.

Walking Cheddar Gorge

Association or club
↔20.83 km ↗+360 m ↘-358 m ◔1.5 hrs ▲Very difficult
⚑Departure from Winscombe and Sandford (North Somerset)

A superb expedition through historic Axbridge to one of England’s most spectacular landforms.

Walking Dolebury Warren

Association or club
↔12.15 km ↗+269 m ↘-261 m ◔4h 15 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Winscombe and Sandford (North Somerset)

A fine hillfort then a pretty streamside walk along a wooded valley, with attractive villages along the way.

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