Watchet Harbour – Dunster Watermill loop from Watchet

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West Somerset District

Watchet

Watchet Harbour – Dunster Watermill loop from Watchet

Hard

riders

Watchet Harbour – Dunster Watermill loop from Watchet

02:49

42.5km

600m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 522 m for 59 m

After 17.0 km for 109 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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119 m

Watchet Harbour and West Somerset Railway

Highlight • Structure

Lovely harbour town with all the amenities. Parking, and most importantly access to both Exmoor (hilly) and the Quantocks (HILLY). Does get a tad busy in peak season, but then …

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551 m

Watchet Harbour

Highlight • Settlement

Watchet has had an active harbour since at least the Iron Age and was an important trading port during the Saxon era. Later, minerals were traded via here but today …

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5.31 km

Coastal Fishing Promenade

Highlight • Trail

rare to see the water in here

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5.76 km

Driftwood Café

Highlight • Cafe

Really nice cafe, sit out front and watch the waves roll in

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13.4 km

Minehead Seafront

Highlight • Beach

not the best place to swim

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17.1 km

Priory Church of St George, Dunster

Highlight • Religious Site

Almost nothing reliable is known about the life of Saint GEORGE, to whom the church of Dunster was dedicated, but the veneration of him goes back a long way to …

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17.5 km

Dunster Watermill

Highlight • Monument

Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to …

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25.0 km

Stowey Plantation

Forest

30.9 km

Side Wood

Forest

41.2 km