Selworthy Beacon – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Dunster

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Dunster

Selworthy Beacon – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Dunster

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Selworthy Beacon – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Dunster

06:13

49.0km

1,460m

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Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

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Start point

Parking

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3.86 km

Beach

11.8 km

Selworthy Beacon

Highlight • Natural Monument

Selworthy Beacon is a hill and Marilyn (Prominence of 150m) of Exmoor in Somerset, England. It lies within the boundaries of Exmoor National Park, to the north of the village of Selworthy and northwest of Minehead. A road leads to the top, where there is a National Trust plaque and a view of the south coast of Wales across the Bristol Channel. The South West Coast Path also climbs the hill and ends slightly shy of the summit.

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14.4 km

Hurlstone Point Coastguard Lookout

Highlight • Monument

Hurlstone Point is a great viewpoint and rest stop at the easterly end of Porlock Bay. It's just off the Southwest Coast Path and makes a good stop if you're running a loop of Selworthy.

The old building here was a coastguard lookout station. It was built in 1900 and used until shortly after the second world war. It used to be a two-floor building but the floor and roof are gone so it's just the shell now.

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19.0 km

Porlockford Plantation

Forest

22.5 km

View of Porlock Village

Highlight • Beach

Cute little coastal village packed with pubs, coffee stops and indie shops. Campsite too!

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26.6 km

Horner Tea Gardens

Highlight • Cafe

Open from 11am for the most delicious selection of cake and, of course, cream teas. Indoor and outdoor seating. Plus seating under a shelter so best of both worlds.

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28.1 km

Jubilee Hut

Viewpoint

33.7 km

Dunkery Beacon Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Welcome to the top of the world! Well, at least Somerset. We may not be blessed with mighty mountains in the South West, but it's still certainly and achievement to climb Dunkery Beacon at 1705 feet (520m), whether that's by foot, or by bike, on road or off. Be prepared for more fierce weather if you're planning a trip up here as it can be much more blustery and cold up here than in the Exmoor valleys. There's a great off road trail up from Exford - have you tried it?

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33.8 km

Dunkery Beacon Summit

Highlight • Natural Monument

Dunkery Beacon, atop Dunkery Hill, is the highest point in Somerset. Standing at 1,705 feet (520 m), it boasts spectacular views. On a clear day, views stretch across the Bristol Channel and Wales, Exmoor and Dartmoor.

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36.4 km

Langham Wood

Forest

47.9 km

Priory Church of St George, Dunster

Highlight • Religious Site

Almost nothing reliable is known about the life of Saint GEORGE, to whom the church of Dunster was dedicated, but the veneration of him goes back a long way to early Christianity. A martyr who is equated with George is said to have lived in the third century.
The legend of Saint George as a dragon slayer is well known and widespread, however, and he is usually depicted - in paintings or as a statue - as the conqueror of the monster, often as a knight on horseback.
The memorial day of the very popular George in the calendar of saints is celebrated on April 23rd in both the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. Among other things, he is the patron saint of the English kingdom, and some of the orders and decorations awarded there also bear his name.

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48.3 km

Dunster Watermill

Highlight • Monument

Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to times long past. Thanks to such a construction, human or animal muscle power could be easily replaced by the power of the natural elements through a watercourse - natural or artificially created - in order to grind grain into corn or press oil from fruit, for example.

There are essentially two different ways of driving watermills:

* Either the flowing water simply hits the blades of the water wheel from below to set it in motion; or
* the water is guided above the wheel - usually through a so-called "mill channel" - and falls onto the blades; this type of construction is more efficient due to natural gravity.

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49.0 km

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Parking

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