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Photo: Dunkery Beacon, a 520m hill near Porlock in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.

© Bill Boaden / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dunkery Beacon

Local highlight

Highest point of Exmoor and Somerset.

Open accesson open access land, where the right to roam applies

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At 520 metres, Dunkery Beacon is the highest point in Somerset and on all of Exmoor, crowned by a Bronze Age cairn and a scatter of burial mounds. A short pull up from the road at Dunkery Gate reaches the summit, where the view runs from Dartmoor to the Welsh coast. Open access, National Trust land. Horner Wood drops away through the combe below.

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More places to visit near Dunkery Beacon

Photo of Exmoor, a National Park in south west England.Iconic

Exmoor

You’re inside itNational Park near Winsford

High moor meeting a dramatic coast, with red deer and some of England's darkest skies.

Photo of Horner Wood, a landmark near Porlock in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Horner Wood

Landmark near Porlock

One of Britain's largest surviving Atlantic oakwoods, a mossy valley of ancient trees and packhorse bridges below Dunkery on Exmoor.

2.1 km N

Photo of Porlock, a village in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Porlock

Village

Thatched Exmoor village at the foot of notoriously steep Porlock Hill, a huddle of old cottages between the moor and its pebble-banked weir.

5.2 km N · Somerset

Photo of Allerford, a village in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Allerford

Village

Exmoor-edge hamlet famous for its twin-arched medieval packhorse bridge over the stream, with a rural life museum in the old school.

5.5 km N · Somerset

Photo of Selworthy, a village in Exmoor, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Selworthy

Village

Postcard hamlet of limewashed thatched cottages set round a green below Exmoor, its white All Saints Church looking over the Vale of Porlock.

5.8 km NE · Somerset

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

5.9 km N · spans 4 counties