Wavering Down Trig Point – Crook Peak loop from Axbridge

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Wavering Down Trig Point – Crook Peak loop from Axbridge

Hard

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Wavering Down Trig Point – Crook Peak loop from Axbridge

05:26

18.8km

420m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Mendip Hills National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.15 km

Wavering Down Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

Owned and managed by the National Trust and part of the same SSSI as Crook Peak, Wavering Down is an impressive hill with even more impressive views. There's a trig …

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2.15 km

Wavering Down Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

Wavering Down at 211 m has a trig point and epic views of the Mendip Hills. The ridge between Crook Peak and the top of Winscombe Hill is a brilliant run in either direction.

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4.58 km

Crook Peak

Highlight • Natural Monument

Part of a Special Site of Scientific Interest, Crook Peak is a hill in the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Open common with a rocky terrain, the summit …

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5.88 km

Denny's Hole

Cave Entrance

12.7 km

Cheddar Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

A protected conservation site for wildlife managed by Bristol Water. Dating from the 1930s, Cheddar Reservoir has a capacity of 135 million gallons. The reservoir is supplied with water taken …

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14.0 km

Cheddar Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

Access to the paths from the Axbridge end is controlled via kissing gates, which you can't get through with a bike trailer or any other non-standard cycle. However wheelchairs or …

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15.5 km

View of the Somerset Levels

Highlight • Viewpoint

You can see Glastonbury Tour and more from this location.

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17.9 km

Shute Shelf

Highlight • Trail

Great little honesty coffee shop by the car park at the start and end. Serves cold drinks and cake. Ran by the lovely owners of Slader’s Rest Glamping site across the road

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18.1 km

Shute Shelve Tunnel, under the Shute Shelve Hill. It is a 165-metre long tunnel that you can safely walk through. The geology changes from soft marl to hard limestone, and tunnel has rare cave spiders and various species of bat.

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18.8 km

End point

Bus stop

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