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Old Cleeve

Driftwood Café – Blue Anchor Bay loop from Washford

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West Somerset District

Old Cleeve

Driftwood Café – Blue Anchor Bay loop from Washford

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Driftwood Café – Blue Anchor Bay loop from Washford

01:39

23.2km

420m

Cycling

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

Last updated: May 23, 2026

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Exmoor National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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494 m

Cleeve Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

English Heritage entrance fee payable

Tip by

4.10 km

At this point, we will suddenly come across this well-preserved World War II pillbox. In fact, the roof has been recently restored. The original wooden roof was covered with shingles, as shown in a photo from 1978.

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7.62 km

Side Wood

Forest

8.77 km

Rodhuish Fingerpost

Highlight • Historical Site

Somerset is always a lovely place to hike but its fingerposts give walks a special touch. Many rural counties historically used fingerposts to direct travellers to villages and towns, but …

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16.8 km

Descent With a View of the Town

Highlight • Trail

17.7 km

Remains of Shipwreck on Blue Anchor Beach

Highlight • Beach

17.7 km

Driftwood Café

Highlight • Cafe

Really nice cafe, sit out front and watch the waves roll in

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18.1 km

Coastal Fishing Promenade

Highlight • Trail

rare to see the water in here

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18.3 km

Blue Anchor Bay

Highlight • Beach

Blue Anchor bay is on the Bristol Channel between Watchet and Minehead. It's a small settlement and one of the smaller stops on the West Somerset Heritage railway line.
The …

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23.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.8 km

1.06 km

226 m

160 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.3 km

9.21 km

517 m

150 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Saturday 23 May

21°C

12°C

0 %

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Driftwood Café – Blue Anchor Bay loop from Washford

Cleeve Abbey

World War II Pillbox

Rodhuish Fingerpost

Descent With a View of the Town

Remains of Shipwreck on Blue Anchor Beach

Driftwood Café

Coastal Fishing Promenade

Blue Anchor Bay

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