Walks and rides

Craving wide open spaces, babbling brooks, sweet smelling pine forests, ancient oak woods and wild Jurassic Coast? These routes will allow you to explore all the special areas of the Quantock Hills.

For accessible routes see walking with wheels.

Coleridge Way

Walk 51 miles through the stunning Somerset countryside of the Quantock Hills, the Brendon Hills and Exmoor, a landscape that inspired Coleridge to produce some of his best known work.

Hawkridge Woods

A short walk exploring woodland around Hawkridge Reserviour with a restored limekiln and some hidden views.

King Charles III England Coast Path (Brean to Minehead Section)

Created in 2016 and building on the West Somerset Coast Path this section of the England Coast Path explores great geology and history from the forts at Brean Down to the Jurassic Coast at Listock and Kilve

Staple Plain (National Trust)

This walking trail takes you down through broadleaf woodland, into a bracken-filled combe and up to the top of Beacon Hill for views across the Quantock Hills and beyond. Continue through lowland heathland, listening and looking out for red deer, skylark and Dartford warbler in this wildlife-rich environment.

Cothelstone Hill

This walk explores the woodlands and grasslands of Cothelstone Hill taking in views across the whole of Somerset.

Kilve and East Quantoxhead

Explore the facinating history and geology of the wonderful Quantock Hills coast with this gentle walk

Ramscombe (Forestry England)

A lovely walk on forest roads exploring Forestry Englands Great Wood with magnificant towering conifer trees and hidden wildlife.