Wimbleball Lake Walk & Sunset Picnic | Exmoor National Park
This 9 mile walk offers a fantastic opportunity to explore a lesser-known region of Exmoor National Park, Wimbleball Lake. Expect ancient forests, dramatic architecture, and the opportunity to see plenty of indigenous wildlife, followed by a beautiful sunset on Hadborough Hill.
Time & Location
Oct 22, 2022, 12:00 PM
Haddon Hill Car Park, Haddon Ln, Dulverton TA4 2DS, UK
About The Event
Walk description:
Beginning at Haddon Hill car park, we will pick up a path that takes us over Hadborough Hill (355m), offering stunning 360 views over the National Park and towards Wimbleball Lake, our next destination.
Our path will then take us north and downhill through ancient sessile forests to the 49m high dam on the lake, built in 1979. Crossing over, the path offers a mixture of environments through which we will travel as we work our way around the lake, stopping often to enjoy the local birdlife (bring binoculars!) and forested slopes of the hills around us.
We will pass the Coffee Contour cafe for a quick loo stop if needed (and maybe a cheeky coffee), before pressing on and around the northern point of the lake. At times the path will be broad and paved; others narrow and bumpy underfoot. Through forests the singletrack trail will be…
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