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The Quantocks

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The Quantocks is one of 177 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset. It is among the largest in the county. It lies inside the Quantock Hills National Landscape.

The closest station is Bishop's Lydeard, about 4.9 km to the south. Other SSSIs nearby include Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast and Bridgwater Bay.

More places to visit near The Quantocks

Photo of the Quantock Hills, a National Landscape in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Quantock Hills

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Holford

England's first protected landscape, a heather ridge above deep wooded combes, with red deer and the sea close by

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.9 km NW · spans 24 counties

Photo of St Audrie's Bay, a cove near Watchet in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

St Audrie's Bay

Cove near Watchet

A secluded Quantock-coast bay of fossil-strewn ledges reached down cliff steps, with a small waterfall spilling onto the beach at low tide.

1.5 km NW

Photo of Kilve Beach, a beach near Holford in the Quantock Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Kilve Beach

Beach near Holford

A rocky, fossil-rich foreshore of grey lias ledges on the Quantock coast, backed by a ruined oil retort and old chantry.

2.2 km N

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

Exmoor

National Park near Winsford

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

4.1 km W

Photo of West Somerset Railway, a visitor attraction near Crowcombe, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

West Somerset Railway

Attraction near Crowcombe

Britain's longest standard-gauge heritage line, running steam trains twenty miles from Bishops Lydeard along the coast to Minehead.

5 km S