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King Alfred's Tower #2

King Alfred's Tower #2, Wiltshire, England

10.46 KM

This walk starts at King Alfred's Tower and winds its way through the Stourhead Estate to Stourton. King Alfred's Tower is a 49-metre-high folly built in 1772 by Henry The Magnificent.

17 Jul 2022
Some Hills
3hrs, 25min (2hrs, 19min)
altitude Graph for king alfred's tower #2 walk

Elevation: Max 284m, Min 164m, Gain 120m

Pictures from the walk

view of king alfred's tower a folly built in 1772

King Alfred's Tower - a folly built in 1772

path and folly tower

The path to King Alfred's Tower

detail of king alfred's tower

Detail of King Alfred's Tower

selfie style picture of two walkers

Coffee stop

14th century church

St Peter’s, Stourton

plastic chairs outside church

At the back of St Peter’s Church, Stourton

long house and graveyard

Long house at Stourhead

long house and graveyard

Long house and churchyard

cottage

On the Stourhead Estate

path through woods with log pile

Woods on the Stourhead Estate

log pile

NT Keep

detail of trees

Woods on the Stourhead Estate

the alpine coffee co caravan

Site of a welcome ice cream at the end of the walk

all the walks

Some walks nearby

country road running through woodland in autumn
King Alfred's Tower #1

Our first visit to King Alfred's Tower on the edge of the Stourhead Estate in the autumn of 2020. This route heads south-east from the car park before returning to the Tower …

road junction with white house
Oakhill

This walk starts in Oakhill, a small village about 3 miles north of Shepton Mallet and takes in Maesbury Castle, an Iron Age hill fort. From the first Beyond Bristol book.

walker attempting to control a field of young cows
Pilton

A short wander from North Wooton to the village of Pilton in Somerset. Returning via the lanes to avoid the field of excitable young cows!