Beacon Batch summit trig point loop from Aveline's Hole

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Beacon Batch summit trig point loop from Aveline's Hole

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Beacon Batch summit trig point loop from Aveline's Hole

00:57

3.16km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

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Mendip Hills National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.31 km

Beacon Batch Summit and Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

325m high trig point with lots of views in all directions. It can get busy with walkers as there are lots of different routes to the top so be careful on the way back down.

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1.31 km

Beacon Batch summit trig point

Highlight • Viewpoint

This special site is designated as a Site of Special Scientific interest for its valuable wildlife habitats and is a nationally important site for its archaeology from the late Stone Age and Bronze Age through to the Second World War. Black Down provides the largest area of open access on the Mendip
Hills at over 400 ha.

Black Down, like most heathlands, is formed through a combination of factors– soil type, rainfall and human activity. The underlying Old Red Sandstone rock together with high rainfall created a waterlogged and acidic soil. The removal of tree cover by our Bronze Age ancestors 2,000 years ago helped to make sure that the soil stayed damp and acid. Only certain plants can survive in this type of ground. The key species include heather or ling, bell heather, bilberry, purple moor grass and European gorse, along with mosses and lichens.

Now the bracken is managed by harvesting and grazing by cattle and wild ponies to allow the heathers and grasses to flourish again. Black Down supports a wide variety of birds, mammals, reptiles and invertebrates.

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3.16 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.69 km

1.46 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.53 km

1.46 km

161 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

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Sunday 8 November

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Comments

September 9, 2022,Beacon Batch 325m, Mendips, Somerset (Marilyn).

Beacon Batch 325m, Mendip Hills, Somerset (Marilyn).

The start is at Burrington Ham car park on the B3134. Go up the road for a short distance before turning right on a good track. Follow the track until you come out on the moorland and then follow the left hedgerow again on a good trail. It won’t be long until you …