Rodney Rock Face – Mascall's Wood Nature Reserve loop from Middledown Nature Reserve
Rodney Rock Face – Mascall's Wood Nature Reserve loop from Middledown Nature Reserve
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Rodney Rock Face – Mascall's Wood Nature Reserve loop from Middledown Nature Reserve
02:05
6.95km
220m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.
Last updated: June 11, 2026
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969 m
View Over the Mendip Hills Plateau
Highlight • Viewpoint
1.05 km
Rodney Rock Face
Highlight • Natural Monument
Tip by
3.86 km
Mascall's Wood Nature Reserve
Highlight • Natural
The ground flora is species-rich with Bluebells, Dog’s Mercury, Wood Anemone and Wood Sedge. There is also a small patch of the nationally rare Purple Gromwell.
During the spring and summer, a range of butterflies can be seen including Marbled White, Brown Argus and Grizzled Skipper. Other notable invertebrates include the Bulin and Large Chrysalis Snails, Great-Green Bush Cricket and the Spurge Bug. At dawn and dusk in spring, summer and autumn Lesser Horseshoe Bats can be seen feeding along the woodland edge.
All year round Green Woodpeckers can be seen feeding on the ant-hills and Ravens and Buzzards are often overhead.
On the lower slopes of the reserve are some overgrown, and more recently acquired, fields once used to grow strawberries. After being abandoned for strawberry growing and becoming overgrown with brambles and scrub, the Trust is now encouraging a flower rich grassland to develop through rotational scrub cutting and grazing.
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6.95 km
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Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
5.91 km
526 m
484 m
Surfaces
3.41 km
3.03 km
484 m
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Elevation
Highest point (250 m)
Lowest point (60 m)
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