Butcombe Trail (Mendip Pub Trail)
A 46-mile long distance footpath, also known as the Mendip Pub Trail. It is a circular route in Somerset which, when conceived, connected six pubs owned by Butcombe Brewery. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: ST 594 569
Distance: 46 miles (74 km)
Time: 17–23 hours
Duration: 3–4 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 Butcombe Trail, also known as the Mendip Pub Trail, is a circular long-distance footpath in Somerset which, when conceived, connected six pubs owned by Butcombe Brewery. The trail makes a circuit of the Mendip Hills. It starts in Hinton Blewett and passes through or close to South Widcombe, West Harptree, Compton Martin, Black Moor, Beacon Batch, Black Down, Dolebury Warren, Rowberrow, Sandford Batch (Winscombe), Blanwell, Bleadon Hill, Bleadon, Loxton, Crook Peak, Compton Hill, Wavering Down, Axbridge, Cheddar Reservoir, Cheddar, Draycott Sleights Nature Reserve, Priddy, North Hill, Fair Lady Well, Stock Hill, Greendown Batch, Coley, and Coley Hill.