Name: Black Down & Burrington Combe 9 Mile Walk
Start: 2025-01-19T09:30:00Z
End: 2025-01-19T13:00:00Z

A shorter winter walk so we can head home before it starts to get dark. Start at 9:30 prompt. For exact parking in Google Maps

[CLICK HERE](https://maps.app.goo.gl/kc4mYZS6TNxTyTRz7)

Goatchurch Cavern Parking

At 1,066 feet (325 metres) **Black Down** is the highest summit in the [Mendip Hills](https://www.uksouthwest.net/mendip-hills-area-of-outstanding-natural-beauty/) of north Somerset, and lies at the centre of the largest area of open, unfenced moorland in the county. The actual high point is not very prominent since the top of the peak forms a broad ridge nearly one mile along, oriented east to west, along the north edge of the hills - to the south, the land is only slightly lower hence the views are not so dramatic, but in the opposite direction the land slopes steeply down to the wide, flat, agricultural lands of Chew Valley, with the Bristol Channel visible beyond. The upper reaches of Black Down are almost completely treeless, covered only by short grass and dense bracken, the latter kept in check by grazing, of Exmoor ponies and Devon red cattle.

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