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Beacon Batch

Beacon Batch, Somerset, England

11.93 KM

A clockwise loop from Black Rock to Black Down and Beacon Batch, the highest summit in the Mendip Hills. Returning via Charterhouse and the Church of St Hugh, a Grade II listed brick built church that dates from 1908. The interior has fittings in the arts and crafts style, although it was not open on the day we visted.

24 Aug 2019
Some Hills
4hrs, 5min (2hrs, 47min)
altitude Graph for beacon batch walk

Elevation: Max 323m, Min 173m, Gain 150m

Pictures from the walk

rural brick church dating from 1908

Church of St Hugh, Charterhouse

rural brick church dating from 1908

Churchyard garden

rural brick church dating from 1908

Church of St Hugh, Charterhouse

brick built church

The brick built church with rough concrete walls

lane with wireless communications tower and reservoir

Rains Batch

wireless station and reservoir

Wireless station and reservoir at Rains Batch

all the walks

Some walks nearby

Winter view in the mendip hills
Charterhouse

A beautiful walk from the Blackmoor Nature Reserve in the Mendip Hills to Compton Martin and back via Hazel Farm. From the first Beyond Bristol book.

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Blagdon

A misty meander around the Mendip village of Blagdon in Somerset. This figure of eight walk takes in Blagdon Lake in the east and Burrington Combe nature reserve in the west.

somerset levels from crook peak
Crook Peak

Crook Peak is one of the six main summits of the Mendip Hills. It lies at the western end of the Mendips and this walk takes in the villages of Cross and …