Mendip Ring

The Mendip Ring is 188.9 km long, so it is usually treated as a multi-day walk rather than a weekend hike. A full through-hike is commonly estimated at about 10 days, although stronger walkers may move faster and shorter daily stages can stretch it beyond that.

The Mendip Ring is graded Easy, which makes it one of the more approachable long-distance routes in Somerset. Even so, it still covers 188.9 km with 2,924 m of total ascent, so the challenge comes more from the distance and repeated daily mileage than from technical terrain.

The Mendip Ring is a circuit, so it finishes back where it starts in the Sedgemoor area of Somerset. Stage information places key start points around Ashcott, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Litton, and Charterhouse, with Charterhouse, Mendip, Somerset BS40 7XS listed as a route starting point for the staged walk.

Yes. The Mendip Ring is set up well for section hiking, with staged segments shown between places such as Ashcott and Westbury-sub-Mendip, Westbury-sub-Mendip and Priddy, and Charterhouse and Litton. One early stage is about 21.0 km and another is 17.5 km, which gives a good sense of the day-by-day distances involved.

The Mendip Ring combines classic Somerset landscapes including rivers, lakes, rock formations, and broad scenic viewpoints. The wider Mendip area is known for limestone country, open plateau walking, and views toward places such as Cheddar Gorge, Wells, and the Somerset Levels, so the route mixes lowland sections with hill country.

The Mendip Ring is a loop-style long-distance trail rather than a point-to-point route. That means logistics are simpler than on many multi-day hikes, because the walk returns to its starting area in Somerset instead of ending in a different town.