Intermediate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 31, 2024

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Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

1.56 km in total

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.07 km

Wills Neck Trig Point

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

It’s re-opened as Street Bean Cafe.

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17.0 km

Beacon Hill (Quantocks)

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

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

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

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)

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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Sunday 19 October

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Quantock Hills loop from Lydeard Hill car park

Wills Neck Trig Point

Street Bean Cafe

Beacon Hill (Quantocks)

Bicknoller Post

Lady's Edge Trail

Somerton Combe

The Drove Road (Quantock Hills)

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