Rodney Stoke walks

This circular walk with ascents and descents explores the famous Cheddar Gorge in the Mendip Hills with great viewpoints from the cliffs!

Public footpaths and with stiles and gates. Be aware of grazing animals and keep dogs on leads around livestock. Watch out for uneven ground and hidden mineshafts on Ubley Warren.

Explore Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Ubley Warren and Velvet Bottom Nature Reserves and the surrounding landscape of The Mendip Hills AONB.

This circular walk provides a good way to discover the highest point of Mendip Hills with 360° views using a section of The Mendip Trail, West Mendip Way and interesting paths in preserved nature reserves including Long Wood and Velvet Bottom!

Westhay Moor is north of the village of Westhay in Somerset. The car park is just off the road to Godney, at the junction with Daggs Lane Drove. A National Cycle Network route runs along a disused railway line, just south of Westhay village.

A circular walk around Axbridge area visiting Ashton Windmill.

Easy walk around Axbridge area with the possibility to visit Ashton Windmill.

A circular walk around Axbridge area exploring Cheddar Reservoir.

An easy circular walk around Axbridge visiting Ashton Windmill.

A disused railway and tunnel, a local nature reserve with orchids and ancient trees, and a wooded return.

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

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

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.

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

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

A short, level walk along a former railway line and green lanes to a historic spring and village church.

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

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

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

This circular walk uses well know ways including Monarch's Way, Mendip Trail or Limestone Link and provides a good way to discover wild Harptree Combe and paths in farmland with great views to Chew Valley Lake

From Railway Inn, the walk includes 3 short but stiff climbs, plus 3 stiles. First climbing up Sanford Hill, Lyncombe Hill and Mendip Trail to Sandford Quarry. It later follows a track past site of a Roman Villa before descending to Railway Inn.