Crook Peak

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 21.00 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 7h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 668 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 679 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 315 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 12 m
  • ⚐
    District: Compton Bishop 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 51.290312° / W 2.864947°
  • ⚑
    End: N 51.277006° / W 2.775503°
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Description

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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.

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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. 25 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.25 - alt. 46 m - Keep left
  3. 3 : km 1.42 - alt. 147 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 1.43 - alt. 147 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 2.45 - alt. 154 m - Keep left
  6. 6 : km 3.11 - alt. 208 m - Keep left
  7. 7 : km 3.68 - alt. 160 m - Keep left
  8. 8 : km 4.8 - alt. 77 m - Turn right onto Winscombe Hill
  9. 9 : km 4.85 - alt. 77 m - Keep left onto Winscombe Hill
  10. 10 : km 4.93 - alt. 76 m - Turn left onto Bridgwater Road, A38
  11. 11 : km 5.01 - alt. 79 m - Turn sharp right
  12. 12 : km 5.19 - alt. 105 m - Turn right
  13. 13 : km 7.4 - alt. 174 m - Turn left onto Shipham Road
  14. 14 : km 7.77 - alt. 150 m - Turn right onto Longbottom
  15. 15 : km 9.24 - alt. 213 m - Turn sharp left
  16. 16 : km 10.13 - alt. 198 m - Turn sharp right
  17. 17 : km 10.36 - alt. 170 m - Turn slight left
  18. 18 : km 11.25 - alt. 252 m - Turn left
  19. 19 : km 11.55 - alt. 264 m - Keep left
  20. 20 : km 11.68 - alt. 264 m - Keep right
  21. 21 : km 12.71 - alt. 311 m - Keep right
  22. 22 : km 12.84 - alt. 313 m - Keep right
  23. 23 : km 13.85 - alt. 292 m - Turn sharp right
  24. 24 : km 14.6 - alt. 292 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 14.75 - alt. 288 m - Turn right
  26. 26 : km 15.63 - alt. 235 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 15.65 - alt. 236 m - Turn left
  28. 28 : km 16.94 - alt. 191 m - Turn sharp left
  29. 29 : km 17.01 - alt. 194 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 17.27 - alt. 194 m - Turn left
  31. 31 : km 17.35 - alt. 191 m - Turn slight left
  32. 32 : km 18.04 - alt. 169 m - Keep left
  33. 33 : km 18.18 - alt. 160 m - Turn right onto Cliff Road, B3135
  34. 34 : km 18.19 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 18.31 - alt. 189 m - Turn slight left
  36. 36 : km 18.61 - alt. 239 m - Keep left
  37. 37 : km 19.05 - alt. 241 m - Keep left
  38. 38 : km 19.56 - alt. 158 m - Turn right
  39. 39 : km 19.99 - alt. 83 m - Turn slight right
  40. 40 : km 20.46 - alt. 35 m - Turn sharp right
  41. 41 : km 20.53 - alt. 24 m - Turn sharp right onto Lippiatt Lane
  42. 42 : km 20.63 - alt. 15 m - Turn left onto The Cliffs, B3135
  43. 43 : km 20.68 - alt. 15 m - Turn slight left onto Cliff Street, B3135
  44. 44 : km 20.72 - alt. 15 m - Turn slight left onto Cliff Street, B3135
  45. E : km 21 - alt. 12 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Crook Peak & Compton Bishop

Association or club
↔10.10 km ↗+282 m ↘-279 m ◔3h 40 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Compton Bishop (Somerset)

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

Walking Axbridge & Cheddar Reservoir

Association or club
↔10.25 km ↗+38 m ↘-43 m ◔3h 00 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Compton Bishop (Somerset)

Visit our historic local town, returning via a bird-rich reservoir and a section of the atmospheric Somerset Levels.

Walking King’s Wood

Association or club
↔3.76 km ↗+107 m ↘-104 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Compton Bishop (Somerset)

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

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

This Somerset walk includes a wonderful ridge walk along the West Mindop Way to the summit of Crook Peak. The return route passes through the villages of Compton Bishop and Cross.

Walking Dolebury Warren

Association or club
↔12.15 km ↗+269 m ↘-261 m ◔4h 15 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Winscombe and Sandford (North Somerset)

A fine hillfort then a pretty streamside walk along a wooded valley, with attractive villages along the way.

Walking Crook Peak

Association or club
↔13.06 km ↗+299 m ↘-304 m ◔4h 35 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Winscombe and Sandford (North Somerset)

An energetic climb from a pretty village is rewarded by superb views over the Somerset Levels.

Walking Callow Drove & Shute Shelve Tunnel

Association or club
↔6.83 km ↗+199 m ↘-198 m ◔2h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Winscombe and Sandford (North Somerset)

Fine views from the Mendip ridge, with an easy return through a disused railway tunnel.

Walking Cheddar Gorge

Association or club
↔20.83 km ↗+360 m ↘-358 m ◔1.5 hrs ▲Very difficult
⚑Departure from Winscombe and Sandford (North Somerset)

A superb expedition through historic Axbridge to one of England’s most spectacular landforms.

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