Routes Planner Features Updates

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Hiking trails & Routes

South West England

West Somerset District

West Quantoxhead

Fossil beach – Chives Café loop from West Quantoxhead

Hiking trails & Routes

South West England

West Somerset District

West Quantoxhead

Fossil beach – Chives Café loop from West Quantoxhead

Moderate

4.2

(5)

34

hikers

Fossil beach – Chives Café loop from West Quantoxhead

02:23

8.98km

90m

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: July 30, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Quantock Hills National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

176 m

Waterfall and Rocky Cliff at Quantock Hills Coast

Highlight • Waterfall

Amazing trail with so much hidden spots

Tip by

3.15 km

Beach

Beach

3

4.19 km

Fossil beach

Highlight • Other

4

4.53 km

Chives Café

Highlight • Cafe

5

4.53 km

Tile sculpture

Highlight • Other

6

4.56 km

Watchet Harbour and West Somerset Railway

Highlight • Structure

Lovely harbour town with all the amenities. Parking, and most importantly access to both Exmoor (hilly) and the Quantocks (HILLY). Does get a tad busy in peak season, but then …

Tip by

7

4.63 km

Water Refill Point at Watchet Steam Train Station

Highlight • Rest Area

water refill point by watchet steam train station

Tip by

B

8.98 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.95 km

3.44 km

904 m

529 m

158 m

Surfaces

3.64 km

2.14 km

1.13 km

904 m

795 m

359 m

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Weather

Powered by Foreca

Sunday 11 October

19°C

14°C

52 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

January 11, 2025,St Audries Bay Hike

Check tide times, allow plenty of time as sections had fresh slips making them unpassable. Beautiful scenery and lots to take in.

Want to know more?

Sign up for a free komoot account to join the conversation.

Sign up for free

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate Send to Phone

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

4.7

432

Tarr Steps & Withypool loop — Exmoor National Park

03:21h

11.9km

240m

4.7

744

Brean Down loop — English Coast Path

01:14h

4.33km

100m

4.6

263

Cwm George & Casehill Woods loop from Dinas Powys

02:45h

9.90km

180m

4.6

231

Wimbleball Lake loop from Haddon Hill — Exmoor National Park

04:02h

14.7km

230m

4.7

146

Blackdown Common Pond & Culmstock Beacon loop — Blackdown Hills

01:25h

5.11km

90m

4.8

84

Dunster Castle, Bat's Castle & Gallox Bridge loop from Dunster — Exmoor National Park

01:59h

6.64km

210m

4.8

108

Dunkery Beacon & Great Rowbarrow loop from Dunkery Gate

01:29h

5.01km

140m

4.6

118

Kilve Oil Works, Kilve Beach & East Quantoxhead loop

01:24h

5.22km

60m

4.8

92

Triscombe, Great Hill & The Drove loop — Quantock Hills

02:31h

8.48km

260m

4.7

122

Haddon Hill and Bury loop — Exmoor National Park

03:03h

10.7km

240m

4.5

122

Room Hill and Exe Valley Trail

02:24h

8.25km

190m

4.8

93

Horner Woods loop from Horner

01:41h

5.47km

200m