Our verdict
One of several green ways up Minehead's mountain, and the shadiest — a sensible summer route to the top when the moorland side is baking. You're on North Hill's flank, so the payoff views arrive the moment the trees stop.
Mixed woodland tucked into the seaward slopes of North Hill behind Minehead, where bridleways climb from the town's top streets through the trees to the open moor and coast path above.
Woodland on the slopes of North Hill above Minehead, open at all times.