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Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Lang Combe Head

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West Somerset District

Luccombe

Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Lang Combe Head

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Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Lang Combe Head

01:51

6.88km

90m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Exmoor National Park

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679 m

Great Rowbarrow Cairn

Highlight • Historical Site

The Rowbarrow cairns are probably Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age, or 2400-1500BCE. They are thought to be burial cairns or barrows covering the grave of an important person, family or group.

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1.21 km

Goosemoor Common Path

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In clear weather, this ridge path has epic views in every direction. It leads west from Dunkery Beacon, the highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset. To the north, admire …

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2.25 km

Ridge Line Path in Exmoor National Park

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available to all bike. Need a least a gravel bike. a good climb up to the top then for a lovely flat bit on the top. You'll pass through different landscapes that are great in the spring and summer

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2.35 km

Dunkery Beacon Summit

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Welcome to the top of the world! Well, at least Somerset. We may not be blessed with mighty mountains in the South West, but it's still certainly and achievement to …

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2.38 km

Dunkery Beacon, atop Dunkery Hill, is the highest point in Somerset. Standing at 1,705 feet (520 m), it boasts spectacular views. On a clear day, views stretch across the Bristol Channel and Wales, Exmoor and Dartmoor.

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2.42 km

View from Dunkery Beacon

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6.88 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.47 km

1.27 km

145 m

Surfaces

5.53 km

1.27 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (450 m)

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Thursday 21 May

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Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Lang Combe Head

Great Rowbarrow Cairn

Goosemoor Common Path

Ridge Line Path in Exmoor National Park

Dunkery Beacon Summit

Dunkery Beacon Summit

View from Dunkery Beacon

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