West Mendip Way
A 30-mile long-distance path in Somerset which crosses the Mendip Hills from Wells to Weston-super-Mare. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Start: Wells Cathedral
Grid Ref: ST 551 458
Distance: 30 miles (48 km)
Grid Ref: ST 551 458
Distance: 30 miles (48 km)
Climbing: 1,458 metres
Time: 12–16 hours
Duration: 2–3 days
Time: 12–16 hours
Duration: 2–3 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
141 Cheddar Gorge, Mendip Hills, Wells and Glastonbury
153 Weston-super-Mare and Bleadon Hill
Summary
The West Mendip Way is a 30-mile route running across the southern edge of the Mendip escarpment from Wells, Somerset, to the sea at Uphill. From the beginning of the route at Wells Cathedral, the path visits Arthur’s Point, Wookey Hole, Cheddar Gorge National Nature Reserve, Priddy, Draycott, Cheddar, Bubwith Acres Nature Reserve, Black Rock, GB Gruffy Nature Reserve, Shipham, Wavering Down, Crook Peak, Loxton, Bleadon Hill, and Purn Hill before reaching its end in Uphill.