West Mendips and Somerset - Guided
The Mendips £399
22nd -27th July
The Mendips
The
Mendips is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Somerset which stretches
from the market town of Frome in the East to the Bristol Channel in the West.
This area encompasses some of Somerset’s most attractive and varied landscape,
from the limestone summits of the Mendip Hills to the pastureland of the Somerset
Levels. This area offers the walker a variety of walking country, which still
remains to be discovered by many people. This walking holiday in the Mendips
gives you the opportunity to explore this interesting area visiting such places
as Wells, the smallest city in England and Glastonbury Tor.
Your accommodation will be at the Webbington Hotel, Loxton,situated on the southern slopes of the Mendips.It is a three star Best Western hotel with leisure facilities including a swimming pool and spa.
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Your Programme
Day 1: Arrive
Day 2: Glastonbury and the Tor (E:6Mls/10km)
An opportunity to visit the world famous market town of Glastonbury and follow a circular walk out onto the Somerset Levels. The Tor stands out just begging to be climbed but before we reach it we also walk to Wearyall Hill, which Joseph of Arimathea visited, when he founded the first Christian church here in AD60.
Day 3: Burrington Combe - Dolebury Warren (M: 8mls / 13kms)
Burrington Combe is where The Reverend Toplady is reputed to have written the famous hymn 'Rock of Ages'. You leave the combe and follow the route through woodland to Dolebury Warren, an Iron Age hill fort and continue on to the village of Rowberrow. You continue through forestry and across moorland before returning to your start point.
Day 4: Wells - Croscombe -Dinder (E:7.5mls/12kms)
From the Bishop’s Palace we walk to Kings Castle Wood and then join the East Mendip Way, with wonderful views of the Somerset Levels and Glastonbury, to the village of Croscombe. Leaving Croscombe we make our way over pastureland and follow the River Sheppey to the pretty village of Dinder and onward back to Wells.
Day 5: Webbington- Crook Peak (M:8Mls/13Kms)
This walk starts from the hotel and follows the lower contours to Compton Bishop and onto the village of Cross. We then enter woods before reaching the open space of Wavering Down, where you get 360 degree views. Crook Peak, the second highest point on the Mendips is reached, before we descend back to the hotel.
Day 6:Depart