An attractive village with many buildings showing off the unique red colour of Ham stone.

What to explore?

• Montacute House (National Trust)
• Ham Hill. Country Park
• St Michael's Folly & Castle

A Walk along Middle Street towards St Chatherines Church and the Kings Arms pub .
Just before the pub, left turn in to Bishopston.

At the end of the church yard take path on right.

B After 150m use steep path on right. Where the path splits turn right to take you to the old signal tower built from red coloured Ham stone only found locally.

Retrace steps and take path left encircling the mound.then descend .

C At the junction with another path turn left and continue heading South.

After 150 m , at the junction with another path, continue in southerly direction.

D Cross two stiles then just before Hollow lane in a wooded area turn left and continue along this public footpath parallel to the lane.

E Where it joins the lane either follow the lane back to Montacute or take footpath heading North and back to the village.

Difficulty:

Map of Walk 1

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Walk 2 Ham Hill (5.7 miles)

Difficulty:

It follows public footpaths , bridleways and quiet lanes.

After heavy brain some stretches can be quite muddy.

Map of Walk 2