Towards Dunkery Beacon – Horner Tea Gardens loop from Porlock
Towards Dunkery Beacon – Horner Tea Gardens loop from Porlock
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Towards Dunkery Beacon – Horner Tea Gardens loop from Porlock
00:52
9.15km
380m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: August 6, 2026
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Waypoints
Start point
Parking
1.07 km
Dunkery Beacon Climb from Luccombe
Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint
This corner of Exmoor is hill-climbing heaven, with a pleathora of nasty roads to grind up and fly down. It's a job to single out one climb that sets itself apart from all the others, but the road heading away from Luccombe up to the Beacon is a beast. Leave the crossroads and head into thick forest. Ramping up straight away at 17% and winding across a steep cattle grid, the road heads upwards under the trees. With the opening stretch over, your legs will already be burning by the time the gradient affords you a brief rest. And then it climbs again - if you thought the first part was a trial, think again. A perfect stretch of unrelenting 17% gradient cuts its way through the gorse, turning left then right, steeper at each turn, before delivering you to the finale. Ahead, the road winds like a streamer dropped from a tall building, kinking left and right, left and right, steep all the way. You'll finish, consumed by fatigue, adjacent to a small stone car park.
Tip by
4.56 km
Towards Dunkery Beacon
Highlight • Summit
5.92 km
Yogie's Ice Cream
Highlight (Segment) • Cafe
9.09 km
Horner Tea Gardens
Highlight • Cafe
Tip by
9.15 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
9.05 km
109 m
Surfaces
8.79 km
257 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
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