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South West England

West Somerset District

Kilve Beach Fossil Beds – St Audries Bay Waterfall loop from Kilve

Hiking trails & Routes

South West England

West Somerset District

Kilve Beach Fossil Beds – St Audries Bay Waterfall loop from Kilve

Hard

9

hikers

Kilve Beach Fossil Beds – St Audries Bay Waterfall loop from Kilve

05:11

19.4km

220m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Quantock Hills National Landscape

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

406 m

Kilve Oil Retort Chimney

Highlight • Monument

In the early 1900s, it was thought that the Kimmeridge shale at Kilve could be a commercial source of oil. It was explored, but never lucrative enough to really work. …

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2

593 m

Kilve Beach Fossil Beds

Highlight • Beach

Kilve beach is made up of wave cut platforms of oil-bearing shale and lias which contains numerous fossils. If you take a walk on the exposed bedrock, you're very likely to see ammonites.

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3

4.47 km

Waterfall on the Quantock Hills Coast

Highlight • Natural Monument

there is a rock formation to the larger waterfall which makes it hard for dogs or disabled to pass between the two falls.

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4

5.07 km

St Audries Bay Waterfall

Highlight • Beach

Amazing Waterfall running toward the sea

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8.09 km

Beach

Beach

6

9.79 km

Watchet Harbour

Highlight • Settlement

Watchet has had an active harbour since at least the Iron Age and was an important trading port during the Saxon era. Later, minerals were traded via here but today …

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7

14.3 km

Waterfall and Rocky Cliff at Quantock Hills Coast

Highlight • Waterfall

Amazing trail with so much hidden spots

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8

17.5 km

Mansion with View of Quantock Hills

Highlight • Monument

Nice trail

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9

18.2 km

View of the Bristol Channel from Kilve Beach

Highlight • Viewpoint

Moderate trail worth every moment exploring this magnificent area

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B

19.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.37 km

5.89 km

4.45 km

671 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.64 km

5.87 km

2.14 km

1.28 km

1.10 km

376 m

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