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Green Trail
Grade 1, 1mile, easy

Orange Trail
Grade 2, 6 miles, medium

Brown Trail
Grade 3, 9 miles, explorer

 

 

Follow this more challenging trail as it gradually climbs up and over Black Hill, and then zigzags back down through the forest..

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Brown Trail (Grade 3- Explorer Trail)
Duration: Up to 2 hours
Distance: 9 miles (14.5km)
Start/Finish: Either Nutcombe Bottom Car Park or Whits Wood Car Park (Forestry Commission)
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference: Either SS977424 or SS974420
Nearest Toilets: Dunster
Terrain: Forest and country roads and tracks with some strenuous uphill sections, and some minor technical downhill sections. The route follows an extensive circuit around Black Hill and Croydon Hill reaching 381 metres above sea level at the trig point on Withycombe Common. The views on a clear day stretch across the Bristol Channel to the Welsh Mountains.

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