스토거시 주변 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Perfect Dario to watch the world go by and look at wildlife

Moderate trail for everyone to explore and enjoy

The beach of Kilve lies about halfway between Minehead and Bridgwater in the heart of the Quantocks. The shoreline is mostly rocky with plenty of rockpools to explore towards low tide. One of the best features of Kilve beach is the large grassy area behind the beach which is ideal for picnics.

IT stands as the only remaining memorial to a scheme that just a century ago would, it was claimed, turn the Quantock coast into the country’s oil capital with a production of five million gallons a year and bring unprecedented wealth to West Somerset. Today, visitors passing on their way to Kilve beach see only a brick box with a rusty chimney on its top. That’s if they notice it at all.

Look out for the incredible rock formations along the beach.

Bin Combe is a beautiful little forest located on the eastern edge of the magnificent Quantock Hills. The forest is made up of oak and birch and homes a variety of different wildlife species, including a rare orange and brown butterfly that visits between May and September.

Over Stowey is a charming village nestled in the picturesque county of Somerset. With its quaint thatched cottages, beautiful old church, and proximity to the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Over Stowey is a lovely place to stop by on a country walk.

In the early 1900s, it was thought that the Kimmeridge shale at Kilve could be a commercial source of oil. It was explored, but never lucrative enough to really work. This old brick structure would have been used to prospect the site.

Kilve beach is made up of wave cut platforms of oil-bearing shale and lias which contains numerous fossils. If you take a walk on the exposed bedrock, you're very likely to see ammonites.

Amazing part of mother nature beauty

The Bridgwater Bay National Nature Reserve is a large area encompassing the Steart Peninsula and Steart Marshes. Managed by Natural England, it’s a vital habitat for overwintering birds and has extensive mudflats that reach out into the Bristol Channel. While the marshes are fascinating to walk around, looking out into the bay is a phenomenal sight when the tide is out and the mud is covered in birds. Around 190 species of bird have been recorded here, so bring binoculars. This area has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world and the dangers of fast, incoming waves should not be underestimated.

Steart Marshes lies at the mouth of the River Parrett and is a working wetland preserve. Home to a vast population of wildfowl and being an important part of the local flood defences, it’s a wonderful place to walk around. Managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, there are salt and freshwater marshes here covering hundreds of hectares. Otters, egrets and wildfowl all call this their home and you’ll find plenty of hides dotted about to spy on them.

Stowey Castle was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle built in the 11th century. The castle was destroyed in the 15th century and only the foundations survive.

This cottage was home to Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge for three years from 1797. Whilst residing at the 17th-century cottage, Coleridge penned some of his finest works, including 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', 'Kubla Khan', 'Frost at Midnight', 'Christabel', and 'This Lime Tree Bower my Prison'. Iconic Lakeland poet William Wordsworth visited Coleridge here and thus the literary movement of Romanticism was born. These days, you can explore the rooms in the cottage, set up as Coleridge had it, and the wildflower garden.