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Ring O' Bells, Hinton Blewett – Smitham Chimney loop from Hinton Blewett

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Ring O' Bells, Hinton Blewett – Smitham Chimney loop from Hinton Blewett

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Ring O' Bells, Hinton Blewett – Smitham Chimney loop from Hinton Blewett

03:59

14.2km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Mendip Hills National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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Ring O' Bells, Hinton Blewett

Highlight • Other

Currently serving cold takeaway beers etc from their farm shop - ideal place to ride out to!

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1.87 km

River Chew

Lake

4.40 km

Buckley Wood

Forest

6.24 km

A relic of the Mendip Hills industrial past. The Cornish-style chimney survived when the site closed in 1875 and was saved from complete destruction in 1973 by The Mendip Society and Somerset County Council.

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8.33 km

View of Mendip Hills and Chew Valley Lake

Highlight • Natural Monument

8.85 km

Harptree Combe Stream

Highlight • River

Lovely but muddy after rain. You are basically walking in the stream, in places.

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9.81 km

Combe Hay Aqueduct

Highlight • Bridge

A very unusual aqueduct, completed in 1851. It is formed from wrought iron tubes on top of limestone piers. It is still in use, part of a network of aqueducts …

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9.93 km

Harptree Combe

Highlight • Natural

Harptree Combe – a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). In contrast to the conifers of East Harptree Woods, this area contains deciduous oak and ash woodland, with old hazel coppice and rough, marshy grassland.

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13.3 km

View of Chew Valley from Hinton Blewett

Highlight • Viewpoint

Just outside the village of Hinton Blewett and on the Limestone Link footpath, pause at the bench here to enjoy the excellent views across the countryside. Patchwork fields, big skies …

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14.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.14 km

3.33 km

3.31 km

3.03 km

380 m

Surfaces

5.75 km

3.63 km

3.31 km

969 m

273 m

250 m

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Sunday 19 July

25°C

9°C

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Ring O' Bells, Hinton Blewett – Smitham Chimney loop from Hinton Blewett

Ring O' Bells, Hinton Blewett

View of Chew Valley Lake

Smitham Chimney

View of Mendip Hills and Chew Valley Lake

Harptree Combe Stream

Combe Hay Aqueduct

Harptree Combe

View of Chew Valley from Hinton Blewett

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