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A grand Quantocks day out

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A grand Quantocks day out

Barney planned a mountain bike ride

April 14, 2022

A grand Quantocks day out

Moderate

03:28

30.9km

8.9km/h

780m

790m

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Overview

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 5.56 km for 779 m

After 6.56 km for 1.28 km

After 12.5 km for 478 m

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1.44 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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3.78 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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5.17 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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6.92 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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15.6 km

Frog Wood

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Frog Wood is another of the sublime little singletrack trails that the Quantocks is renowned for. Fast and open before it runs into the woods, it maintains its speed, but …

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21.2 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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30.9 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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15.9 km

10.1 km

3.28 km

1.60 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.2 km

9.03 km

4.72 km

1.55 km

1.23 km

182 m

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

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A grand Quantocks day out

Somerton Combe

Lady's Edge Trail

Bicknoller Post

Beacon Hill (Quantocks)

Frog Wood

The Drove Road (Quantock Hills)

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