Walking on Exmoor and the Quantock Hills

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Dulverton walking book Walking Dulverton and area, Avista Press 2021, ISBN 978-0-9555441-2-5, 64pp. Price £6.50. The book contains 14 main walks (30 routes in all) and covers the area between Exford, the Ansteys, Bampton, Wimbleball and Wheddon Cross, centred on Dulverton. All walks (other than one from Wimbleball) either start in Dulverton or are easily accessible by bus. The book is no longer available online, but it will continue to be stocked by the National Park Information Centre in Dulverton. Copies are also still available from the Tantivy, the Exmoor Society and the village stores in Exford and Withypool. Updates to route notes, buses, refreshments etc. are posted here. Contents Introduction The walks Country Code 1. Around town 1½ mile circular 2. Marsh Bridge and Court Down 3 or 4 mile circular 3. Hawkridge and the River Barle 6 or 11 mile circular 4. Exford and Withypool 13 or 10½ mile linear 5. Tarr Steps 11 or 7½ mile circular 6. Winsford 12½ mile circular or 6-6½ mile linear 7. Wheddon Cross 4 or 10 mile linear 8. Bury 9 or 14½ mile circular 9. Bampton 6 mile linear 10. Brushford and Chilcott 5 or 8½ mile circular 11. East and West Anstey 8 or 11 mile circular 12. Winsford and Tarr Steps 9 or 5 mile circular 13. Winsford and Exford 11 or 5 mile circular, or 5½ mile linear 14. Wimbleball and Bury 7½ or 3½ mile circular All text, photographs and maps © Stan Lester 2023