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West Somerset District

Old Cleeve

Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Washford

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Mountain biking trails

West Somerset District

Old Cleeve

Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Washford

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Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Washford

03:42

50.2km

810m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 42.5 km for 77 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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494 m

Cleeve Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

English Heritage entrance fee payable

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7.57 km

Side Wood

Forest

24.8 km

Dunkery Beacon, atop Dunkery Hill, is the highest point in Somerset. Standing at 1,705 feet (520 m), it boasts spectacular views. On a clear day, views stretch across the Bristol Channel and Wales, Exmoor and Dartmoor.

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24.8 km

Dunkery Beacon Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Welcome to the top of the world! Well, at least Somerset. We may not be blessed with mighty mountains in the South West, but it's still certainly and achievement to …

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26.4 km

Great Rowbarrow Cairn

Highlight • Historical Site

The Rowbarrow cairns are probably Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age, or 2400-1500BCE. They are thought to be burial cairns or barrows covering the grave of an important person, family or group.

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32.6 km

Scenic Traverse in Exmoor National Park

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Shared path so watch out for walkers or horses.

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42.1 km

Dunster Watermill

Highlight • Monument

Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to …

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42.5 km

Priory Church of St George, Dunster

Highlight • Religious Site

Almost nothing reliable is known about the life of Saint GEORGE, to whom the church of Dunster was dedicated, but the veneration of him goes back a long way to …

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42.7 km

Dunster Village

Highlight • Settlement

Dunster is almost indecently pretty and exactly how you would imagine an English village to be... If only the traffic didn't meander through.
Between us Komootlers: don't come by car, …

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50.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.4 km

7.40 km

5.84 km

3.35 km

2.25 km

1.02 km

Surfaces

20.3 km

16.1 km

12.0 km

1.18 km

549 m

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

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Sunday 24 May

29°C

16°C

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Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Washford

Cleeve Abbey

Dunkery Beacon Summit

Dunkery Beacon Summit

Great Rowbarrow Cairn

Scenic Traverse in Exmoor National Park

Dunster Watermill

Priory Church of St George, Dunster

Dunster Village

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