Walk so110 Beacon Batch from Cheddar Gorge

This 7½ mile, Grade 3 (Easy), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Cheddar Gorge & will take about 3¼ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:7½mls (12km)
Ascent:656ft (200m)
Time:3¼hrs
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Route outline for walk so110:

Cheddar Gorge  -  Black Rock Nature Reserve  -  Long Wood Nature Reserve  -  Tyning's Farm  -  Beacon Batch (Mendip Hills)  -  Charterhouse  -  Velvet Bottom Nature Reserve  -  Black Rock Nature Reserve  -  Cheddar Gorge

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Beacon Batch (Mendip Hills) at 325m (1066ft). Beacon Batch (Mendip Hills) is classified as an English Marilyn (121st highest in England, 1340th highest in the UK). The summit of Beacon Batch (Mendip Hills) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.


Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 141 Cheddar Gorge & Mendip Hills West is not currently available


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Landranger 182 Weston-super-Mare, Bridgwater & Wells is not currently available



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk so110 Beacon Batch from Cheddar Gorge

In no particular order . . .

Cheddar Gorge

Cheddar Gorge

Photo: Jeannette Austen (1)

The West Mendip Way through Long Wood Nature Reserve

The West Mendip Way through Long Wood Nature Reserve

Photo: Stephen Gerrard (2)

Beacon Batch summit trig point

Beacon Batch summit trig point

Photo: Stephen Gerrard (3)

Goats in Cheddar Gorge

Goats in Cheddar Gorge

Photo: Melissa Tuttle (3)

Charterhouse Church

Charterhouse Church

Photo: Stephen Gerrard (4)

My dog Duke on Beacon Batch

My dog Duke on Beacon Batch

Photo: Vicky Leaning (1)

Cheddar Gorge at Sunset

Cheddar Gorge at Sunset

Photo: Amanda Goldston (2)

The West Mendip Way through Black Rock Nature Reserve

The West Mendip Way through Black Rock Nature Reserve

Photo: Stephen Gerrard (1)

Velvet Bottom Nature Reserve

Velvet Bottom Nature Reserve

Photo: Stephen Gerrard (5)


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