STROLL 7
LOLLOVER HILL
LOLLOVER HILL
Distance: 11.9km/7.3m Ascent 128m
Fabulous views from Lollover Hill and return over the moors
Occasional mud after wet weather. Moderate climb to the summit of Lollover Hill
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Fabulous views from Lollover Hill and return over the moors
Occasional mud after wet weather. Moderate climb to the summit of Lollover Hill
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Comments to [email protected] Updated March 2025
Leave car park and turn R along West Street. At The Triangle, fork R by the post box towards Langport, continue ahead to the mini-roundabout, bear R and at Fire Station go straight ahead into Etsome Terrace. Continue 300m past Memorial Garden and former school and where road bears L go straight ahead down Brockle Hill. At end turn R and immediately L (SP Viaduct Fishery) to descend steeply down to the Cary valley. Follow this road as it winds along the valley past the sewage works until after 2 Km a T-junction is reached just beyond Etsome Dairy Farm. Turn R, cross the Cary bridge and after the house named Etsome House, take the track on the right (SP Littleton ½m) and almost immediately L through Bristol gate and follow enclosed path for 500m. Cross a sleeper bridge to a metal gate and bear slightly L across field 200m to reach a footbridge by a tree. Continue with the hedge on R 150m to a waymarked stream crossing. From here, aim to R of the barn ahead and once over stile, pass to R of barn to reach a road via a stile beside the metal gate. Turn L along the road for 700m through the village of Dundon, passing a long thatched building. Shortly after and just before the “No through road” sign (but detour ahead 100m if you wish to see the church) go L (SP Lollover Hill ¾m) along a path between hedges 100m and up steps to reach a broad track. Turn R and follow 400m as it bears L and ascends to a gate then bear L to follow a faint track 200m to the top of the hill and a triangulation pillar. For such a modest climb to only 90m above sea level, the reward is one of the best views in the county – from Glastonbury Tor, the Hood Monument and the Mendip Hills round to the Polden Hills and the Quantocks and far views to the south of Somerset and Dorset. Bear 90 degrees R to descend down another faint path to a gate. Continue, descending 250m with the hedge on R and 50m before the trough, go R over a sleeper bridge and gate and descend along the R side of the field 250m to another stile, a short track and a tarmac lane. Turn L and follow the lane 750m past Bartletts Farm then it becomes a track to a gate. Go through gate, do not go sharp L, but bear L and head 150m across the field to reach a waymarked sleeper bridge (slippery when damp) and stile at a hedge gap (about 70m L of the R corner of the field). Continue 400m along broad grassy track with hedge on L to reach a narrow track to the side of a modern house to reach a stile into a track. Turn R and continue to Lower Hayes Farm, turning L immediately after the first barn, then R just before the field, into a muddy track. Follow this track across the moor with its rich black soil and after 1.2Km cross Somerton Door Bridge over the river Cary. Pass the last house on L and after a further 200m, turn L into a track opposite a telegraph pole (no SP). Continue ahead 400m as the track ascends sharply and becomes a tarmac lane - Bradley Hill Lane. After 1 Km of tarmac road at a T-junction, turn R into Northfield. After 400m at the main Langport Road go L, cross the pedestrian crossing then fork R into West End and after another 200m fork L at the grass triangle into Camden Road. At the end of a row of terraced cottages the road bears sharply L and continues to emerge into West Street. Here, turn R past The Triangle to reach the car park.
