Walking Routes

The map below shows the starting point of the Walking routes within the Blackdown Hills.

To show further detail of each route, click on the marker.

Multiple Routes
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Hemyock area

Walk 1 Culm Davy, Blackdown Common and Culmstock Beacon
Walk 2 Wellington monument
Walk 3 Ashculm and Clayhidon
Walk 4 Madford valley and Dunkeswell Abbey ruins
Walk 5 Owleycombe
Walk 6 Culm Valley

Valley Heads Way Hemyock - Staple Hill MAP

Valley Heads Way Hemyock - Staple Hill DESCRIPTION

Stockland area

Walk 1 Happy Valley and the Umborne Brook
Walk 2 Horner Hill and the English Channel
Walk 3 Stockland Village to Millhayes, Broadhayes and back via Great and Little Camps
Walk 4 Stockland Hill, The Turbaries and the Umborne Brook
Walk 5 Wytch Lane, Rower Fort and North Hill
Walk 6 Stockland to Lake, Langbeer and Featherlake

South western Blackdown Hills 

Walk 1 Up into the Hills to a spot that Belongs to Canada
Walk 2 In the Footsteps of the Whetstone Miners
Walk 3 An Estate Village, Little Changed over the Centuries
Walk 4 Along the Culm to Coldharbour Mill and back
Walk 5 A Walk to the Site of a 13th Centuary Abbey
Walk 6 Lovely Countryside around an Iron Age Hill Fort

North eastern Blackdown Hills and Neroche area

Walk 1 Blagdon Hill, Feltham and Adcombe Wood
Walk 2 Churchstanton, Burnworthy and Stapley
Walk 3 Castle Neroche and Curland
Walk 4 Otterford and Otterhead Lakes
Walk 5 Staple Hill and Staple Park Wood
Walk 6 Thurlbear and Orchard Portman
Staple Fitzpaine Herepath - multi-use 22km trail
Staple Hill Easy Access Viewpoint Trail - 1km circular route on level compacted surface

Chard area

Walk 1 Chard to Chaffcombe
Walk 2 Chard to Wambrook
Walk 3 Chard to Nimmer
Walk 4 Combe St Nicholas to Whitestaunton
Walk 5 Chard to Combe St Nicholas
Walk 6 Chard to Chardstock

Upottery area

A series of 4 walks in the Upottery area, devised and checked by local volunteers Jim and Gill Thomas, and Geoff Rickson.

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