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Exford

Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Exford

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West Somerset District

Exford

Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Exford

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Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Exford

03:07

31.5km

730m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. 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: March 19, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 233 m for 94 m

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Parking

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263 m

Exford Bridge Tea Rooms

Highlight • Cafe

Brilliant little cyclist friendly cafe in Exford, a great stop-off point for rides both on and off road on Exmoor. It's really close to Dunkery Beacon, the highest point in …

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4.35 km

Ridge Line Path in Exmoor National Park

Highlight • Trail

available to all bike. Need a least a gravel bike. a good climb up to the top then for a lovely flat bit on the top. You'll pass through different landscapes that are great in the spring and summer

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7.44 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 …

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7.48 km

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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9.00 km

Towards Dunkery Beacon

Highlight • Summit

20.2 km

Great Rowbarrow Cairn

Highlight • Historical Site

The Rowbarrow cairns are probably Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age, or 2400-1500BCE. They are thought to be burial cairns or barrows covering the grave of an important person, family or group.

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31.0 km

St Mary Magdalene Church, Winsford

Highlight • Historical Site

Despite evidence of a church on this site before the Norman Conquest of the 11th century, this church is later, with the tower actually dating back to the 15th century. …

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31.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.8 km

8.37 km

8.27 km

Surfaces

22.8 km

4.53 km

4.03 km

143 m

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (190 m)

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Saturday 23 May

26°C

11°C

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Dunkery Beacon Summit – Dunkery Beacon Summit loop from Exford

Exford Bridge Tea Rooms

View from Dunkery Beacon

Ridge Line Path in Exmoor National Park

Dunkery Beacon Summit

Dunkery Beacon Summit

Towards Dunkery Beacon

Great Rowbarrow Cairn

St Mary Magdalene Church, Winsford

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