北サマセットでののおすすめランニングルート

Sticking out from the end from the ridge of rock that runs from the Mendips Crook Peak offers views over from Exmoor too Wales. A particularly great ride from Wavering down back along the ridge.

Great for hill training. Wear trail shoes & watch out for the rock steps when it’s wet!

Fantastic alternative route if you want to keep away from busy roads.

A friendly 16th century country pub. Run by Butcombe Brewery, the beer is excellent and they also serve great food. The Queens Arms is on the Butcombe Trail, a 47 mile (75 km) circular pub crawl around the Mendip Hills.

Excellent summit, run from either the car park below or over the ridge from Weavering Down. The top is rocky with great views over towards the Mendips, out to Weston Super Mare and the sea and down the M5.

Wavering Down at 211 m has a trig point and epic views of the Mendip Hills. The ridge between Crook Peak and the top of Winscombe Hill is a brilliant run in either direction.

A great cycle path

Dolebury Warren is the site of an Iron Age hill fort and was also occupied during the Roman period. Today the site still has many earthworks to explore and bands of rock which may have been the foundations of walls. As a runner the ridgeline is fun to run with a not too steep ascent and fun descent whichever way you run it. The Limestone Link trail goes along the summit and it makes a good addition to a Beacon Batch loop from Burrington Combe.