Highest spot on the hills, with some fantastic and inspiring views, well worth a visit. The climb up from Triscombe is steep in and loose in places but worth the effort. Coming the Lydeyard Hill side is much easier going.

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6.31 km

Street Bean Cafe

Highlight • Cafe

It’s re-opened as Street Bean Cafe.

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17.0 km

Beacon Hill (Quantocks)

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

This is Quantocks riding at its finest - tight, fast, undulating trails cut into the waist-high ferns and bracken. This section is high up on the ridge near West Quantoxhead, …

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20.2 km

Bicknoller Post

Highlight • Natural Monument

Standing at 951 feet (290m), Bicknoller Post is a marker for this hill summit, one of the many in the Quantocks Hill Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It gets its …

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20.3 km

Lady's Edge Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Lady's Edge - a fast, flow piece of singletrack which drops you into Holford Combe (no slough on the awesome trail front either).

Starting from Bicknoller Post, it carves down …

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23.8 km

Somerton Combe

Highlight • Trail

Gorgeous, exposed part of moorland on top of the Quantock Hills. On a good day, enjoy views to Exmoor, the south coast of Wales and over to Bristol.

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29.5 km

The Drove Road (Quantock Hills)

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

The Drove Road is an avenue of Beech trees which was originally used by ancient traders to transport goods and livestock to the port at Watchet.

If you keep your …

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34.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.5 km

9.59 km

3.24 km

2.90 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

18.7 km

9.67 km

2.86 km

1.56 km

1.50 km

< 100 m

Elevation

Highest point (380 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

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