Walk the Somerset & Exmoor Coast

Watchet Circular


Walk Grade
Moderate
Distance
7.5 miles / 11.5km
Duration
4 hours
Self-guided Walk
Where
Market Street Car Park, Market Street, Watchet TA23 0AN, UK
Themes
Arts and Culture, Geology, Heritage and History, Nature and ecology
Good to know
Family Friendly, Dog Friendly

This walk takes you on footpaths and tracks once used by miners and monks! From Watchet to Washford the route runs on the line of the old West Somerset Mineral Railway that was used to bring iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the harbour in Watchet where it was shipped to the Ebbw Vale furnaces for smelting. In Washford it joins the Monks Path, which ran between Cleeve Abbey in Washford and St Andrew’s church in Old Cleeve.

There is much to see along the way including old manor houses and churches before you join the King Charles III England Coast Path at Blue Anchor. This section of the Coast Path offers fantastic views of Minehead and Exmoor, the Quantocks, Wales, Steep Holm and Flat Holm, and Hinkley Point with the Mendip Hills behind.

Map: OS Landranger 181: Minehead & Brendon Hills

Please note: this map shows approximate location
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