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Bicknoller

Kilve Beach Fossil Beds – Beacon Hill Trig Point loop from Bicknoller

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West Somerset District

Bicknoller

Kilve Beach Fossil Beds – Beacon Hill Trig Point loop from Bicknoller

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Kilve Beach Fossil Beds – Beacon Hill Trig Point loop from Bicknoller

06:51

23.4km

620m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Quantock Hills National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.08 km

View of the Solitary Tree, Quantock Hills

Highlight • Natural Monument

Moderate trail for everyone to explore and enjoy

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7.25 km

Hodder's Combe

Forest

7.77 km

Holford Village

Highlight • Settlement

The Quantock Hills are home to many gorgeous villages and Holford is a perfect example. Inhabited since the Iron Age, the village feels like is hasn't changed in hundreds of …

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8.06 km

Holford Glen

Forest

12.1 km

Chantry

Ruins

12.5 km

Kilve Oil Retort Chimney

Highlight • Monument

In the early 1900s, it was thought that the Kimmeridge shale at Kilve could be a commercial source of oil. It was explored, but never lucrative enough to really work. …

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12.7 km

Kilve Beach Fossil Beds

Highlight • Beach

Kilve beach is made up of wave cut platforms of oil-bearing shale and lias which contains numerous fossils. If you take a walk on the exposed bedrock, you're very likely to see ammonites.

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13.3 km

View of the Bristol Channel from Kilve Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Moderate trail worth every moment exploring this magnificent area

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14.4 km

St. Mary’s Church, East Quantoxhead

Highlight • Other

This beautiful 14th century church is a Grade II listed building and is located in the small hamlet of East Quantoxhead.

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17.6 km

Beacon Hill Trig Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

Fabulous views both east and west along the coastline and across the Bristol Channel to Wales. The trig point is at 310m, the highest northerly point on the Quantock Hills.

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18.5 km

Quantock Hills Trail

Highlight • Natural Monument

23.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.6 km

2.72 km

2.46 km

974 m

557 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

4.65 km

4.07 km

2.97 km

606 m

312 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Monday 6 July

26°C

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Kilve Beach Fossil Beds – Beacon Hill Trig Point loop from Bicknoller

View of the Solitary Tree, Quantock Hills

Holford Village

Kilve Oil Retort Chimney

Kilve Beach Fossil Beds

View of the Bristol Channel from Kilve Beach

St. Mary’s Church, East Quantoxhead

Beacon Hill Trig Point

Quantock Hills Trail

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