Dunkery Beacon
519m (1703ft)
Exmoor, Somerset, England
Dunkery Beacon is the highest point in the county of Somerset.
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The summit of Dunkery Beacon is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You can find Dunkery Beacon & all the walks that climb it on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 6.75ml (11km) |
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| Ascent: | 1,254ft (382m) |
| Time: | 3.75hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Webbers Post - Dicky's Path - Hollow Combe - Dunkery Beacon - Little Rowbarrow - Great Rowbarrow - Lang Combe Head - Cloutsham Gate - Cloutsham Farm - East Water Valley - Webbers Post
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9.5ml (15km) |
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| Ascent: | 2,038ft (621m) |
| Time: | 5½ hrs |
| Grade: |  (Moderate) |
Route Summary:
Luccombe - Luccombe Plantation - Webbers Post - Dicky's Path - Hollow Combe - Dunkery Beacon - Little Rowbarrow - Great Rowbarrow - Lang Combe Head - Cloutsham Gate - Stoke Pero Church - Prickslade - Cloutsham Farm - East Water Valley - Webbers Post - Horner Plantataion - Luccombe
Fellow go4awalkers who have already walked, climbed, summited & bagged Dunkery Beacon
Darren Peake walked up Dunkery Beacon on July 16th, 2015 [from/via/route] Sparkhayes Campsite Porlock. [with] Solo (not Han) [weather] Sunny - Hot at start. Clear Skies. Colder temps up top with wind. - park of a 16ml circular route from Porlock.
Robert Lloyd climbed Dunkery Beacon on August 10th, 1991 [with] Imelda,James,Andrew [weather] Cloudy
Mike Walker bagged Dunkery Beacon on August 11th, 2010 [from/via/route] Walk so132 Dunkery Beacon from Webbers Post [with] Theresa [weather] Warm & sunny
Anthony Scott hiked Dunkery Beacon on April 14th, 2017 [from/via/route] Minehead [with] me [weather] White cloud - Biked up to the car park & walked the last half mile up
Stephen Reader summited Dunkery Beacon on May 3rd, 2016 [from/via/route] Webbers Post & East Water Vally [with] Bev & Afia [weather] Sunny
Janet Wells conquered Dunkery Beacon on May 12th, 2009 [with] Jim
Andy Richards has scaled Dunkery Beacon [with] Becky and our dogs Guinness and Rover [weather] Sunny & warm
Michael Rygol, Louise Sandwith, Mark Davidson and David Parker have all walked, climbed & bagged Dunkery Beacon.
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