Somerset is where this whole project really took shape, and it shows — there are more pub walks here than anywhere else on the site, covering some of the most varied walking country in the South West.
The Mendip Hills, riddled with gorges and old mine workings, account for several: the Swan Inn at Rowberrow, the Crown at Churchill (one of my favourite pubs), the White Hart at Cross with its superb brewery, and the Litton at Litton all sit within a few miles of Cheddar Gorge, while the Pelican at Chew Magna guards the valley's eastern edge — a pub with possibly more history in its name than most people ever stop to ask about. Further west, the Quantocks rise sharply above Bicknoller and its Inn, and out towards the Levels, the Sexeys Arms at Blackford opens onto the flattest, wettest, and strangest walking country Somerset has to offer. On the edge of Exmoor, the Royal Oak at Withypool serves some of the wildest, least-crowded walking in the county — and it's the best-performing page on the whole site, for good reason.
In between, there's Pebbles at Watchet, castle ruins and The George at Nunney, and the Blackdown Hills above Staple Fitzpaine's award winning Greyhound. Eleven pubs and counting — pick a landscape, and there's a walk and a pint waiting at the end of it.
Discover the Quantocks on this fine circular walk from Bicknoller.
7 miles
West Mendips Circular Walk to Dolebury Warren & favourite 5 star Churchill pub.
5 miles
Mendips classic: A walk to Crook Peak over Wavering Down.
5.7 miles
An easy woodland walk through the 'calamine capital' of the South West.
2 miles
Forest & farmland tracks near Taunton and an award-winning country pub.
5.5 miles
Dunster to Watchet walk along the King Charles III Coast Path on a cider hunt.
5.7 miles