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Author: Claire, Published: 19 Aug 2017 |
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Somerset, Quantock Hills | ||||||||
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A circular walk of just over 3 miles, from the small village of Kilve in the Quantock Hills in Somerset. The walking route explores a beautiful section of the north Somerset coast, with glorious views across the Bristol Channel and chance to explore the beaches which are rich in fossils. Turning inland, the route leads you through the charming village of East Quantoxhead, a reminder of times gone by with its stone church, manor house, medieval tithe barn, duck pond and old mill house. Towards the end of the walk you will pass the ruins of Kilve Chantry, which dates from the 1300s. The walk includes several moderate gradients throughout and the coastal path is very exposed. Whilst the cliff-top path used for this walk is accessible even at high tide, if you want to explore any of the beaches you might want to time your walk to coincide with mid-low tide. There are no stiles on route, but you will need to negotiate several kissing gates, plus several pedestrian gates that are set within farm gates (the design of these means that you will need to step over a base bar – in some cases up to 30cm high). Most of the route is enclosed away from pastures, but you will need to cross two pastures that are sometimes holding cattle and one that is sometimes holding sheep. You will need to cross two streams, one via a sleeper bridge but the other has no bridge so you will need to pick your way over using the raised bricks laid on the stream bed. Allow 1.5 hours. |
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The village of Kilve is located on the A39, between Bridgwater and Minehead in West Somerset. The walk starts and finishes from the pay and display beach car park, about a mile north of the village itself. The fee is £1.50 for 2 hours (correct Aug 2017). From the crossroads at the centre of Kilve, turn north onto Sea Lane. Follow this narrow road between houses and passing the church. Just before you reach some ruins, you will see a pay and display machine. Stop here temporarily to buy your parking ticket, and then drive further north to find the long beach car park on your left. Approximate post code TA5 1EG (from where you need to travel further north along Sea Lane). |
Text and images for this walk are Copyright © 2017 by the author clairesharpuk and may not be reproduced without permission.
Lovely little walk with lots of interest. I stopped off to do this walk & stretch my legs on my way from Wales to Devon & it was perfect. Kilve beach is remarkable & well worth a visit. |
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By Joseth on 30 Oct 2017 |
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