Ham Hill Country Park – Ham Hill Quarry Earthworks loop from Stoke-sub-Hamdon

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Ham Hill Country Park – Ham Hill Quarry Earthworks loop from Stoke-sub-Hamdon

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Ham Hill Country Park – Ham Hill Quarry Earthworks loop from Stoke-sub-Hamdon

01:15

4.75km

40m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3 m

Ham Hill Country Park

Highlight • Forest

Fascinating Ham Hill is well worth a visit, being at once a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, an Iron Age hill fort, a Roman site, a Local Nature Reserve and a country park.

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67 m

Hamdon Hillfort (Ham Hill)

Highlight • Natural Monument

614 m

Ham Hill War Memorial and Stone Circle

Highlight • Monument

Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)

Maker
Ham Hill and Doulting Stone Company (Makers)
Mr W. Bussell of Montacute (Designer)

Ceremony
Unknown
Date: 19 July 1923
Attended by: HRH Prince of Wales KG laid a bronze laurel wreath at the foot of the memorial (to whose column it was later fixed).

Unveiled
Date: 26 September 1920
Attended by: Reverend E. Skilton

Dedicated
Date: 26 September 1920
Attended by: Reverend E. Skilton performed the service. Those present included relatives of the Fallen, and villagers

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1.34 km

Prince of Wales Pub Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

1.58 km

Ham Hill Quarry Earthworks

Highlight • Natural

Ham Hill has been quarried for so many generations that it’s surprising there’s still a hill there at all. The local hamstone has a pretty honey yellow hue to it and many of the locals buildings, and indeed entire villages, have been built with it.

The quarry has long been defunct and, left to nature’s own devices, it has become an intriguing landscape of grassy mounds. It’s fun to roam around, particularly if you have children in tow.

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