Exmoor Strolls

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Exmoor strolls are our favourite short, more accessible routes (from a third of a mile to 2½ miles). They enable people with a range of abilities, and of all ages, to experience the moors, valleys, and coast of Exmoor. All the routes are step and stile free, and some are suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs. Each is graded using the Miles without Stiles classification of Access for 'all', 'many' or 'some' - find out more here.

UPDATE 13 Dec 24: Please note following Storm Darragh many Rights of Way on Exmoor, especially in wooded areas are blocked. We are working on assessing and reopening routes ASAP in the meantime please take caution.

Tough water and tear resistant booklets featuring all the Exmoor Stroll route guides with illustrated mapping and points of interest can be purchased online or from Exmoor National Park Centres at Dulverton, Dunster and Lynmouth.

For digital users we recommend the OS App from Ordnance Survey to use with these routes (it's free - although you can pay for content as well).

  • Bossington Hill

    A walk through a wood to the Acland memorial hut, and a second walk across moorland with spectacular views across Porlock Bay.
  • Chargot Wood

    Two short walks along forest tracks to visit the remains of the Bearland Iron mine in the Brendon Hills.
  • Countisbury Common & Barna Barrow

    A walk across high moorland grazed by Exmoor ponies to the summit of Butter Hill, with amazing views across to Wales and along the coast to Lynmouth and beyond.
  • Dunkery Beacon

    A walk along a stony track gently climbing to the summit of Dunkery Beacon - at 1705 feet (502 metres) the highest point on Exmoor.
  • Horner Woods

    A walk along a track running through a beautiful oak forest and National Nature Reserve beside a cascading stream.
  • Lyndale & Woodside

    A relatively level walk beside the cascading East Lyn River.
  • Marsh Bridge

    A walk on a forest track through woodland alongside the picturesque River Barle near Dulverton.
  • North Hill

    A choice of walks along high moorland just outside Minehead, with fantastic views down to the sea far below and across to Wales with the option to visit the remains of a WW2 tank training site.
  • Tall Trees Trail

    A walk through a forest alongside a babbling stream to the foot of England’s Tallest Tree near Dunster.
  • Valley of Rocks

    A walk through the iconic Valley of Rocks near Lynton, with dramatic coastal scenery and feral goats.
  • Webbers Post

    A level walk through open woodland with great views across the valley to Dunkery Beacon and beyond.
  • Wimbleball Lake

    A walk alongside the Wimbleball Lake to the impressively high dam across the Haddeo valley in southern Exmoor.
  • Miles without Stiles

    Miles without Stiles grades explained: Routes for All, Many and Some.