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Rowberrow Warren – Beacon Batch summit trig point loop from Aveline's Hole

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Rowberrow Warren – Beacon Batch summit trig point loop from Aveline's Hole

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Rowberrow Warren – Beacon Batch summit trig point loop from Aveline's Hole

01:11

9.69km

230m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 26, 2026

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Mendip Hills National Landscape

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5.49 km

Rowberrow Warren Woods Bridleways

Highlight • MTB Park

In Rowberrow Warren Woods you'll find a large collection of bridleways and tracks through out the wood as well as lots of elevation changes. Off the side of the tracks are a number of singletrack trails of varying lengths and difficulties.
The network of bridleways on their own make for some great gravel riding and connect lots of local towns with some awesome views.
The ground is mostly clay and limestone and so can become very slippy and muddy in the wet.

Due to the large number of bridleways and the horse trekking centre you will come across lots of horse riders and groups especially in the summer. So keep an eye out and give them plenty of space, they are always friendly.

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5.87 km

Rowberrow Warren

Highlight • MTB Park

Rowberrow Warren is a leased wood by Forestry England on the western side of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is a very popular spot with all users but particularly horse riders and mountain bikers. Please take care as there are lots of bridleways and paths and horses can easily be spooked by fast bikes. Ride Mendips look after the official Mountain Bike Trails. Making new trails is illegal. Find more information about the trails here ridemendips.org

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6.65 km

Black Down Summit (Beacon Batch)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Black Down is the highest area in the Mendips, the summit Beacon Batch stands at 325m offering great views north towards Bristol and south over Cheddar and the Mendips.
The running is good with lots of ascent for the south and brilliant moorland trails. It can get a bit boggy around the edges in the winter but generally it drains well, and you can run here all year. The best routes are from Burrington Combe in the north or Cheddar in the south but there are loads of options.

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6.65 km

Black Down Summit and Wild Ponies

Highlight • Natural

Black Down is the highest area of the Mendip Hills and affords wonderful views across the Bristol Channel into Wales, over Weston-super-Mare, the Chew Valley, the Quantocks and beyond. There are many Bronze Age burial sites dotted around. You might also see the wild ponies strutting their stuff.

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7.59 km

Black Down Summit (Beacon Batch)

Highlight • Summit

Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendips with Beacon Batch the highest spot point at 1,066 feet (325 m). There are a good set of bridleways in the area, many with gravelly surfaces suitable for gravel or touring bikes. The summit ridge path is particularly good, with amazing views of the Mendips and north towards Bristol.

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7.84 km

Beacon Batch summit trig point

Highlight • Viewpoint

This special site is designated as a Site of Special Scientific interest for its valuable wildlife habitats and is a nationally important site for its archaeology from the late Stone Age and Bronze Age through to the Second World War. Black Down provides the largest area of open access on the Mendip
Hills at over 400 ha.

Black Down, like most heathlands, is formed through a combination of factors– soil type, rainfall and human activity. The underlying Old Red Sandstone rock together with high rainfall created a waterlogged and acidic soil. The removal of tree cover by our Bronze Age ancestors 2,000 years ago helped to make sure that the soil stayed damp and acid. Only certain plants can survive in this type of ground. The key species include heather or ling, bell heather, bilberry, purple moor grass and European gorse, along with mosses and lichens.

Now the bracken is managed by harvesting and grazing by cattle and wild ponies to allow the heathers and grasses to flourish again. Black Down supports a wide variety of birds, mammals, reptiles and invertebrates.

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7.84 km

Beacon Batch Summit and Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

325m high trig point with lots of views in all directions. It can get busy with walkers as there are lots of different routes to the top so be careful on the way back down.

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9.69 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.20 km

2.18 km

281 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.16 km

2.22 km

281 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

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Rowberrow Warren – Beacon Batch summit trig point loop from Aveline's Hole

Rowberrow Warren Woods Bridleways

Rowberrow Warren

Black Down Summit (Beacon Batch)

Black Down Summit and Wild Ponies

Black Down Summit (Beacon Batch)

Beacon Batch summit trig point

Beacon Batch Summit and Trig Point

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