Cheddar Crooks

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 32.68 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 11h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 799 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 805 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 315 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 11 m
  • ⚐
    District: Compton Bishop 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 51.292158° / W 2.875602°
  • ⚑
    End: N 51.29264° / W 2.878078°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 42 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.24 - alt. 40 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.61 - alt. 55 m - Turn sharp left
  4. 4 : km 1.51 - alt. 156 m - Keep left
  5. 5 : km 1.66 - alt. 166 m - Keep left
  6. 6 : km 1.91 - alt. 166 m - Turn sharp left
  7. 7 : km 2.26 - alt. 146 m - Turn slight left
  8. 8 : km 2.3 - alt. 147 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 3.32 - alt. 154 m - Keep left
  10. 10 : km 3.98 - alt. 208 m - Keep left
  11. 11 : km 4.55 - alt. 160 m - Keep left
  12. 12 : km 5.67 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Winscombe Hill
  13. 13 : km 5.72 - alt. 77 m - Keep left onto Winscombe Hill
  14. 14 : km 5.79 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Bridgwater Road, A38
  15. 15 : km 5.88 - alt. 79 m - Turn sharp right
  16. 16 : km 6.06 - alt. 105 m - Keep left onto Winscombe Drove
  17. 17 : km 7.55 - alt. 154 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 8.53 - alt. 163 m - Turn slight left onto Templars Way
  19. 19 : km 8.73 - alt. 185 m - Keep left
  20. 20 : km 9.21 - alt. 169 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 9.23 - alt. 169 m - Turn slight left
  22. 22 : km 9.4 - alt. 178 m - Turn slight left
  23. 23 : km 9.6 - alt. 161 m - Turn sharp right onto Lippiatt Lane
  24. 24 : km 10.37 - alt. 171 m - Turn sharp left
  25. 25 : km 10.46 - alt. 171 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 10.48 - alt. 170 m - Turn slight left
  27. 27 : km 11.36 - alt. 252 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 11.66 - alt. 264 m - Keep left
  29. 29 : km 11.79 - alt. 264 m - Keep right
  30. 30 : km 12.82 - alt. 311 m - Keep right
  31. 31 : km 12.95 - alt. 313 m - Keep right
  32. 32 : km 14.12 - alt. 288 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 14.16 - alt. 288 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 14.89 - alt. 312 m - Turn right onto Rain's Batch
  35. 35 : km 15.67 - alt. 258 m - Turn right onto Blackmoor
  36. 36 : km 15.83 - alt. 251 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 16.14 - alt. 245 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 16.41 - alt. 239 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 16.48 - alt. 239 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 16.77 - alt. 234 m - Turn right onto Velvet Bottom
  41. 41 : km 16.82 - alt. 235 m - Keep left
  42. 42 : km 18.64 - alt. 191 m - Turn right
  43. 43 : km 18.7 - alt. 191 m - Turn right
  44. 44 : km 19.39 - alt. 169 m - Keep right
  45. 45 : km 21.04 - alt. 189 m - Keep left
  46. 46 : km 21.74 - alt. 35 m - Turn left onto Cufic Lane
  47. 47 : km 21.82 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto The Cliffs, B3135
  48. 48 : km 21.83 - alt. 28 m - Turn right
  49. 49 : km 22.1 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight right onto Dag Hole
  50. 50 : km 22.2 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Dag Hole
  51. 51 : km 22.24 - alt. 18 m - Turn slight right onto The Cliffs, B3135
  52. 52 : km 22.4 - alt. 15 m - Turn slight right onto The Cliffs, B3135
  53. 53 : km 22.45 - alt. 15 m - Turn slight left onto Cliff Street, B3135
  54. 54 : km 22.48 - alt. 15 m - Turn slight left onto Cliff Street, B3135
  55. 55 : km 22.86 - alt. 11 m - Turn slight right onto Union Street, B3135
  56. 56 : km 22.98 - alt. 11 m - Keep right
  57. 57 : km 23.01 - alt. 11 m - Turn right onto Bath Street, A371
  58. 58 : km 23.25 - alt. 12 m - Keep right onto Wideatts Road, A371
  59. 59 : km 23.91 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Lower New Road, B3151
  60. 60 : km 23.96 - alt. 17 m - Turn right onto Sharpham Road
  61. 61 : km 24 - alt. 17 m - Turn sharp right
  62. 62 : km 24.02 - alt. 18 m - Turn slight left
  63. 63 : km 24.06 - alt. 17 m - Turn left
  64. 64 : km 25.64 - alt. 29 m - Keep right
  65. 65 : km 25.66 - alt. 29 m - Turn right
  66. 66 : km 25.69 - alt. 30 m - Turn left onto Cheddar Road, A371
  67. 67 : km 26.81 - alt. 33 m - Keep left
  68. 68 : km 27.03 - alt. 27 m - Keep right
  69. 69 : km 27.17 - alt. 26 m - Turn right
  70. 70 : km 27.44 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Strawberry Line
  71. 71 : km 28.49 - alt. 52 m - Keep left
  72. 72 : km 28.69 - alt. 78 m - Turn left
  73. 73 : km 29.25 - alt. 142 m - Keep right
  74. 74 : km 29.78 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  75. 75 : km 29.88 - alt. 160 m - Keep left
  76. 76 : km 30.2 - alt. 165 m - Keep left
  77. 77 : km 31.3 - alt. 17 m - Turn right onto Church Lane
  78. 78 : km 31.3 - alt. 17 m - Turn left onto Butts Batch
  79. 79 : km 31.42 - alt. 16 m - Turn slight right onto Butts Batch
  80. 80 : km 31.57 - alt. 27 m - Turn left onto Vicarage Lane
  81. 81 : km 31.72 - alt. 49 m - Turn left
  82. 82 : km 31.81 - alt. 44 m - Keep right
  83. 83 : km 31.89 - alt. 55 m - Turn slight right
  84. 84 : km 32.27 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto Webbington Road
  85. E : km 32.68 - alt. 40 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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Walking Crook Peak & Compton Bishop

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Superb views from a rocky hilltop, returning via a pretty village and a path below the Mendip ridge.

Walking Axbridge & Cheddar Reservoir

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Walking King’s Wood

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↔3.76 km ↗+107 m ↘-104 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
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A disused railway and tunnel, a local nature reserve with orchids and ancient trees, and a wooded return.

Walking Wavering Down and Crook Peak from Kings Wood, near Winscombe

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↔9.43 km ↗+284 m ↘-283 m ◔3h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Compton Bishop (Somerset)

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↔13.06 km ↗+299 m ↘-304 m ◔4h 35 ▲Difficult
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An energetic climb from a pretty village is rewarded by superb views over the Somerset Levels.

Walking Callow Drove & Shute Shelve Tunnel

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↔6.83 km ↗+199 m ↘-198 m ◔2h 30 ▲Moderate
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