What to explore?

• Lorna Doone Farm
• St Mary's Church, Oare
• Blackmore Memorial
• Waterslide
• Gift Shop : Lorna Doone Farm

	Walk 1 to Oare (2.6 miles)
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St Mary Church,Oare

Difficulty

This is a short and easy walk through part of the countryside which inspired R.D. Blackmore to write Lorna Doone.

It follows quiet lanes,tracks and foot paths.

The Walk

A At Oare's St Mary Church , Blackmore's Carver Doone shot Lorna during the wedding ceremony with John Ridd.

Blackmore based Lorna Doone on many of the tales he heard from his father who at one time was rector of Oare Church.

	Walk 2 Bagworthy Waters & Medieval Village (4.8 miles)
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Difficulty

Explore Doone Valley to the full.

Please note : route offers very little shelter against heavy rain.

The Walk

A Blackmore Memorial

B Bagworthy Waters

'We knew that it brought a good stream down, as full of fish as of pebbles; and we thought that it must be very pretty to make a way where no way was, nor even a bullock came down to drink.'

'and yet it was a frightful thing, to venture, where no grown man durst, up the Bagworthy water.'

C Unfortunately , the village ruins are now completely covered by vegetation.

length:	2.6 miles
terrain:	tracks footpaths
	country lanes
main roads	0 %
	2%
altitude range	72 - 82 m
quality of track	***

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	Walk 3 to Brendon (4.2 miles)
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Difficulty

A delightful pub walk from Malmsmead to Brendon following mainly foot & bridle paths.

After heavy rain some stretches can be muddy.

After Brendon, you join the Coleridge Way, a long distance hiking route named after the poet Sam Coleridge.

Pub at Brendon Staghunters Inn

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