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Exmoor · Exmoor National Park · NT

Dunkery Beacon

Our verdict

The roof of Somerset. A short climb to the cairn buys a view from the Quantocks to the sea, and Wales on a clear day. Pick your weather.

The highest point in Somerset at 519m, a great whaleback of heather moor crowned by a Bronze Age cairn, with views from the Quantocks to the Welsh coast.

National Trust open moorland in Exmoor. Roam freely on foot; ponies and stock graze, dogs under close control.