Porlock Toll Road – Glen Lyn Gorge loop from Old Cleeve

West Somerset District

Old Cleeve

Porlock Toll Road – Glen Lyn Gorge loop from Old Cleeve

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Porlock Toll Road – Glen Lyn Gorge loop from Old Cleeve

05:41

98.2km

2,060m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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After 63.9 km for 421 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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22.8 km

Descent in Exmoor National Park

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23.9 km

Dunkery Beacon Climb from Luccombe

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Top 100 climbs 5 Dunkery Beacon
This corner of Exmoor is hill-climbing heaven, with a pleathora of nasty roads to grind up and fly down. It's a job to single …

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31.4 km

Porlock Toll Road

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This is about 7km of fairly easy switch backs to the top. As close as Alpine fun as you’ll get in the South West. Bring your £1 for the toll. …

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38.9 km

Metcombe Plantation

Forest

49.3 km

View of Lynmouth Bay from Exmoor National Park

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51.2 km

Glen Lyn Gorge

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Most of the pictures here do NOT show the Gorge!!!!

The entrance to it is clearly signposted and is exactly where you can see the water fountain. You pay 10 …

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51.3 km

Lynmouth to Barbrook Scenic Route

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Smoke your disk brakes on this lovely, steep incline!

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64.0 km

Southern Wood

Forest

94.7 km

Blue Anchor Bay

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Blue Anchor bay is on the Bristol Channel between Watchet and Minehead. It's a small settlement and one of the smaller stops on the West Somerset Heritage railway line.
The …

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98.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

53.7 km

34.6 km

6.87 km

1.48 km

1.21 km

370 m

Surfaces

77.1 km

20.7 km

429 m

Elevation

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Highest point (440 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

19°C

14°C

27 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

July 11, 2026,2026.07.11 UK. Porlock - Lynmouth - Dunkery Beacon. Stereotypes Left Behind Ride 💚🚵‍♀️🚵‍♀️💚

It's amazing how different my image of England was just a year ago. It was full of stereotypes - rainy, flat, industrial, boring, populated by stiff gentlemen in bowler hats, red double-decker buses and the sound of Big Ben...
Now I laugh at that idea, completely in love with its green landscapes, rolling hills woven into a mosaic of fields …