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Rowberrow Warren – Burrington Combe loop from Aveline's Hole

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Rowberrow Warren – Burrington Combe loop from Aveline's Hole

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Rowberrow Warren – Burrington Combe loop from Aveline's Hole

02:45

9.46km

250m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

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Mendip Hills National Landscape

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641 m

Goatchurch Cavern

Highlight • Natural Monument

This popular cavern is set into limestone rock and is particularly beginner friendly. You can find some hand railings inside to help you, dating back from the early 20th century when it was being (unsuccessfully) turned into a show cave like the other Mendip caves of Wookey and Cheddar.

Goatchurch is a popular cave for beginners and school trips thanks to its general ease and its two entrances. Access is free, however, caving can be dangerous and you shouldn't attempt it without a capable guide if you're new to caving. This cave is considered relatively straightforward but still has technical areas, tight squeezes and shouldn't be undertaken lightly.

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641 m

Cave in Mendip Hills

Highlight • Natural Monument

2.35 km

Frosted Path in Mendip Hills National Landscape

Highlight • Trail

4.82 km

Rowberrow Warren

Highlight • Trail

This tranquil woodland is criss-crossed with hiking and mountain biking trails throughout its hilly landscape. Managed by the Forestry Commission, Rowberrow Warren is a thriving forest and alive with birdsong and wildlife. Vast, you could happily spend a couple of hours exploring the paths here and the Mendip Way traverses the southern section of it.

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5.71 km

Archaeological Site

6.78 km

View Over the Severn Estuary

Highlight • Viewpoint

7.33 km

Black Down Summit and Wild Ponies

Highlight • Natural

Black Down is the highest area of the Mendip Hills and affords wonderful views across the Bristol Channel into Wales, over Weston-super-Mare, the Chew Valley, the Quantocks and beyond. There are many Bronze Age burial sites dotted around. You might also see the wild ponies strutting their stuff.

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9.44 km

Burrington Combe

Highlight • Gorge

Burrington Combe is one of the finest places in Mendip Hills to see one of it's most identifying special qualities - Visible Geology. Did you know the Mendip Hills are the birth place of geological mapping? In the early 1800's William Smith worked as a surveyor for the Somersetshire Coal Company, he realised that by studying fossils and the rock layers they were in he could predict other rock layers as they were laid down in a pattern.

Burrington Combe is a designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest for the
wildlife habitats. Today goats are on the steep slopes, with ponies and cattle roaming across the grasslands controlling the scrub. It is quite common to see the cows roaming in the combe.

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9.46 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.05 km

377 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.32 km

2.01 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 11 August

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Rowberrow Warren – Burrington Combe loop from Aveline's Hole

Goatchurch Cavern

Cave in Mendip Hills

Frosted Path in Mendip Hills National Landscape

Rowberrow Warren

View Over the Severn Estuary

Black Down Summit and Wild Ponies

Burrington Combe

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