Circular walk in Mendip Hill

Walk through Rowberrow Warren which is a beautiful woodland, set on a hillside with large paths.

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A Shipham walk posted on 09/06/19 by Aurelie-21. Last update : 05/08/19

Activity: Walking
Distance: 6.29 km
Calculated time: 2h 15
Difficulty: Easy
Return to departure point: Yes
Vertical gain: + 171 m
Vertical drop: - 167 m
Highest point: 269 m
Lowest point: 132 m

District: Shipham
Start/End: N 51.320913° / W 2.790463°
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Description

Use car park facing the Swan Inn.

(S/E) The walk starts in School Lane. Walk until the paved road split and turn on the second path on your left.

(1) When the path splits, take the path on your right and then, take the wide path that goes up and straight.

(2) Follow the path on the left. At the first intersection, keep going straight to the second intersection where you'll go right and right again at the next intersection.

(3) Take the first path on your left which goes down. This part of the walk might be really muddy and therefore slippery.

(4) Turn right.

(5) Look for a small path on your left and take it. After a few meters, you will walk along with a small water court.

(6) Turn right on the path that climbs to the West Mendip Way. When you're at the top, go right and walk down. The path will join a paved road. Follow it until you reach the car park (S/E)

Waypoints

S/E : km 0 - alt. 134 m - Car park
1 : km 1.02 - alt. 166 m
2 : km 1.59 - alt. 215 m
3 : km 2.88 - alt. 241 m
4 : km 3.37 - alt. 195 m
5 : km 4.16 - alt. 174 m
6 : km 5.06 - alt. 190 m
S/E : km 6.29 - alt. 135 m - Car park

Useful Information

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Reviews and comments

4 / 5

Based on 4 reviews

Clarity of route description
3.8 / 5

Clarity of route map
3.5 / 5

Walk interest
4.8 / 5

Scabby Dingo

14 Feb 2022 at 10:56 EST

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of walk : 13/02/22
Clarity of route description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Walk interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Nice walk through woodland and moors. Track was a bit muddy in places but if you have good boots on not a problem. We deviated form the rout a little bit to take advantage of the spectacular views from the top point of the Mendips, well worth doing,

Aurelie-21

26 Apr 2021 at 11:44 EDT

Sorry to read that !
Any chance you could help us to write a more precise description ?

Digbydog10

26 Apr 2021 at 03:30 EDT

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of walk : 23/04/21
Clarity of route description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Clarity of route map : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

We were disappointed with the directions for this walk, more land marks needed as it wasn’t clear which path we had to take from the beginning of the walk.

poorly knees

16 Mar 2020 at 13:37 EDT

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of walk : 15/03/20
Clarity of route description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Fine walk - it helped that the weather was sunny. Lovely views

Jamielg

24 Feb 2020 at 03:08 EST

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of walk : 20/02/20
Clarity of route description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Lovely walk. Nothing majorly challenging, a few uphills and some stunning views. I’d add pictures but there doesn’t seem to be an option.

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