Somerset: Brean Down Storywalk
Find out who the Wheezers and Dodgers were and what they were experimenting on at the end of the Down, what the Somerset phrase ‘Groaningdrink’ refers to and why Marconi’s radio experiments here were so groundbreaking.
Welcome to the Brean Down Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Brean Down, TA8 2RS
Route: from the top of the steps, this trail takes you to the forts at the end of Brean Down then circles back along the northern edge.
Distance: 3 miles/4.8km
Duration: 2-2.5 hours or more
Story: Heritage and nature
Access: a mix of undulating ground and paved track with steps at the start. Brean Down can be accessed by tramper and the walk can be completed by manually unlocking the early chapters. For information about hiring a tramper visit Explore Brean Down by tramper
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Somerset: Berrow Dunes Storywalk
Find out about the animals living at Berrow Dunes, how the wreck of the Nornen became stranded and what the old Somerset words and phrases ‘granfer-griggles’ ‘mackrelsky’ and ‘heglar’ might refer to.
Welcome to the Berrow Dunes Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Berrow Dunes car park, TA8 2QX
Route: from Berrow Dunes car park, this trail is a circular journey through the dunes, down to the beach and then looping back past the ponds.
Distance: less than 1 mile/1.4 km
Duration: 1.5-2 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage and nature
Access: a mix of paved track, undulating undulating grassland, sand dunes and beach.
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Somerset: Burnham-on-Sea Storywalk
Find out what the old Somerset words ‘bamfoozle’ and ‘loblolly’ refer to. What happened when a war time bomber crash-landed on the beach; plus the rescue of the ships’ crew (and dog) from the stricken vessel The Nornen over 120 years ago.
Welcome to the Burnham-on-Sea Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Burnham-on-Sea Information Centre, South Esplanade, TA8 1BU
Route: from the visitor information centre, this trail journeys north along the seafront, past the pier and St Andrew’s Church, and finishes at Manor Gardens.
Distance: 1.2 miles / 2km
Duration: 2 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage
Access: This walk is on level pavements and paths throughout and classed suitable for wheels.
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Somerset: Bridgwater Storywalk
Find out what the old Somerset words ‘shrowcropped’ and ‘bombay runners’ refer to, who tried to assassinate Oliver Cromwell (and missed), what is a squib and why Bridgwater is so crazy about carnivals!
Welcome to the Bridgwater Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Admiral Blake statue, Bridgwater, TA6 3BX
Route: beginning at the Admiral Blake statue in the middle of town, this trail journeys through the streets and past the Blake Museum to finish at the docks.
Distance: 1 mile / 1.7 km
Duration: 1.5 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage
Access: This walk is on level pavements and paths throughout and classed suitable for wheels.
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Somerset: Combwich Storywalk
Find out about the secretive Tudor alchemist who lived in Combwich, what the Somerset phrases ‘chollywobbles’, ‘cock-squailing’ and ‘fitchet’ might refer to and what the village ‘hobblers’ did to incoming ships.
Welcome to the Combwich Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Riverfront, Combwich, TA5 2QZ
Route: this trail begins and ends at the historic red and white buoy at Combwich riverfront.
Distance: .5 mile / .9 km
Duration: 1 hour at an amble
Story: Heritage
Access: This walk is on pavements and roads with short hills and level paved paths. It is classed suitable for wheels.
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Somerset: Steart Marshes Storywalk
Find out about the mysterious Mud Horsemen of Steart, the great winter storm of 1895 and what the Somerset dialect words of ‘bloodyfingers’ and ‘kickhammering’ refer to.
Welcome to the Steart Marshes Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: WWT Car Park, Steart Marshes, TA5 2PU
Route: from the WWT car park, this trail journeys south through the new wetland habitat following the England Coast Path.
Distance: 3 miles / 4.8 km
Duration: 2 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage and Nature
Access: This walk is on level pavements and paved paths throughout and classed suitable for wheels.
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Somerset: Stolford Storywalk
Find the stumps on the beach of the ancient Stolford forest, where the last mud horse rider rode out and what the Somerset words ‘giltin-cup' (pronounced gu'l-tin-ca'yp) and ‘shramed' (pronounced ‘shr-ayy-md') refer to.
Welcome to the Stolford Storywalk on the King Chars III England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the
Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Stolford Seafront Car Park, TA5 1TW
Route: from the car park at Stolford this trail journeys west along the Coast Path and completes at the foot of Hinkley B power station.
Distance: 2 miles/3.4km
Duration: 2 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage and Nature
Access: This walk is on level hard paths and pavement throughout, suitable for wheels.
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Somerset: Lilstock Storywalk
Find out what the old Somerset words ‘vuz-pig’ (pronounced vuuz’pig) and ‘galligaskins’ (pronounced gyaal-igaas-keenz) refer to and what antics the RAF were practising over the old harbour ruins of Lilstock.
Welcome to the Lilstock Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the
Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Lilstock Car Park, Steart Marshes, TA5 1SU
Route: from Lilstock car park this circular trail starts at the beach then follows the cliff westwards before looping back inland past the hidden gem of Lilstock church.
Distance: 2 miles/3.5km
Duration: 2 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage and Nature
Access: This walk is on gravel paths, pebble beach, headland trail and a short section on country lanes.
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Somerset: Kilve Storywalks
These walks explore the nature and heritage of Kilve. Follow the Natural History walk to find out more about both the fossils and geology of this important section of coast, the species and habitats which thrive here today and some of the natural remedies and curious folklore linked to their history. Follow the Heritage walk to find out about the local sport of ‘Glatting’, what’s hidden in the crypt of St Mary’s church and why you could never swallow Kilve Pill!
Welcome to the Kilve Storywalks on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the
Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Kilve Beach Car Park, Sea Lane, TA5 1EG
Route: from the car park the Heritage walk begins at the Blessed Virgin Mary's church on Sea Lane heading back towards Kilve, while the Natural History walk begins at the Oil Retort building at the northern end of the car park.
Distance: 0.5 miles/0.6km and 0.4 miles/0.6km
Duration: 1 hour each at an amble
Story: Heritage and Nature
Access: Both trails are on a paved or gravely pathways and are suitable for wheels, a visit to the beach afterwards is made on tracks and grass. The beach itself is pebbles.
These trails have been devised by Christopher Jelley, Kilve Parish Council and the Somerset Wildlife Trust's Somerset’s Brilliant Coast project. Funded by Hinkley C Community Impact Mitigation Fund, the Somerset Wildlife Trust and the National Trust.
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Somerset: St Audries Bay Storywalk
Find out what the old Somerset words ‘rawny’ (pronounced rau’nee) and ‘knitch’ (pronounced neech) refer to, where the woolly mammoth bones were discovered, and why were holly trees used in Sticky Bombs!
Welcome to the St Audries Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: St Audries Bay Car Park, TA4 4DP
Route: from St Audries Bay park this trail journeys down to the beach and then eastwards along the coast.
Distance: 1 miles/1.6km
Duration: 2 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage and Nature
Access: There is a steep path followed by steps down onto beach then sand and shingle, not suitable for wheels. NOTE:- the beach is inaccessible at very high tides.
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Somerset: Watchet Storywalk
Find out what the old Somerset words ‘clinkervells’ and ‘farnticles’ refer to, where St Decumans head was cut off and why Queen Caturn got the blues for baking cakes for the town!
Welcome to the Watchet Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the
Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Watchet Visitor Centre, TA23 0AQ
Route: from the Visitor Centre beside the railway station, this trail journeys down to the harbour and then loops around the town finishing with an optional extension to Splash Point.
Distance: less than 1 mile/1.4km
Duration: 1.5 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage and Nature
Access: The walk is on level pavements and paths throughout and classed suitable for wheels. However, there is an optional extension at the end of the walk that includes a flight of steps to reach Splash Point.
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Somerset: Blue Anchor to Dunster Storywalk
Find out what the old Somerset words ‘appledrane’ and ‘cuckoo buttons’ refer to, why there were wooden posts erected all along this beach and why you should never tickle a baby’s feet!
Welcome to the Blue Anchor to Dunster Beach Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the
Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Driftwood Café, Blue Anchor Bay TA24 6LD
Route: from the Driftwood the walk journeys along the shingle bar from Blue Anchor to Dunster beach.
Distance: 2.6 miles/4.4km
Duration: 1.5 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage and Nature
Access: The walk is on level, rough shingle with a short stretch of paved path at the end.
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Somerset: Dunster Village Storywalk
Find out what the old Somerset words ‘skitty vamps’ and ‘sparrow-bills’ (pronounced skeet’ee-vaam’s and spaar’u-bee’ulz) refer to, why the Maharajah of Jodhpur came to tea and see the cannonball hole in the yarn market.
Welcome to the Dunster Village Storywalk on the England Coast Path. Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the
Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: Exmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Dunster TA24 6SE
Route: from the visitor centre you will take a loop through the village passing the Yarn Mark, Dunster Castle, St Georges Church and the Dove Cote.
Distance: 0.8 miles/1.2km
Duration: 1.5 hours at an amble
Story: Heritage and Nature
Access: The walk is on level pavements and paved paths with a short incline up Castle Hill. It is classed as suitable for wheels.
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Somerset: Minehead Hidden History Storywalks
In the Higher Town uncover the scandal surrounding Mother Leaky, find out who is buried in the church yard and where the secret nook called ‘smugglers doom' was located. In the Middle Town you discover the old alms houses, which literally arrived on a storm, how the great fire of Minehead came to pass in 1791 and the spectacle of the first aeroplane to land on Minehead sands. Quay Town is the home of smuggling tales and maritime history, the tale of the stolen boy and the silvery catch that brought prosperity and international trade to the town.
Welcome to the Minehead Hidden History Storywalks on the England Coast Path. The three trails explore the history of Minehead and its people. The Higher Town Trail rises above Minehead and climbs to the old thatched cottages that line the narrow streets where little has changed in a hundred years, while the Middle Town Trail journey's into the heart of Minehead and the Quay Town Trail heads to the harbour to uncover the location of Minehead's inland lagoon.
Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Points:
Higher Town Trail - South West Coast Path sculpture, Minehead TA24 5UJ
Middle Town Trail - outside Minehead Visitor Centre opposite the railway station, Minehead TA24 5AP
Quay Town Trail - Blenheim Gardens, Minehead TA24 5PZ
Distance: three walks of less than 1 mile/1.4km each
Duration: allow 45 minutes at an amble for each walk
Story: Heritage
Access: The Middle and Quay Town walks are on level pavements and paths throughout and classed suitable for wheels. The Higher Town walk includes some steep hills and some steps (although these can be by-passed), so while suitable for some wheels it may not be suitable for everyone.
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These walks were created with support from Minehead Bid, Minehead Bay, the Minehead Development Trust, The Minehead Vision Project, and West Somerset District Council
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Somerset: Minehead Parks Arboretum Storywalks
Welcome to the Minehead Parks Arboretum Storywalks. Explore the trees of Minehead Parks through these three walks based on a pamphlet produced by the Exmoor Natural History Society and with generous guidance from Chris Adams a former manager and gardener of The Parks in 2014.
Storywalks offer a skimming stone of facts, myth, history and tales linked to location. Using a smart phone they are designed to be read aloud to family and friends to embellish your experience of the walk. All directions are provided on screen during the walk. For more information about Storywalks download the Storywalks leaflet here.
Start Point: The first of the walks begins at Parkhouse Road, Minehead TA24 8AD, with subsequent walks beginning at the end of the previous one.
Route: from Parkhouse Road the three walks take you through Minehead Parks ending at Bratton Mill Lane.
Distance: three walks of less than 1 mile/1.4km each
Duration: allow 45 minutes at an amble for each walk
Story: Nature
Access: The walks are on level pavements and paths throughout and classed suitable for wheels.
These walks were created with support from Minehead Bid, Minehead Bay, the Minehead Development Trust, The Minehead Vision Project, and West Somerset District Council
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