Independent Trails: Fact File MWW1

Mendip Way: West

Trail Facts

Total Distance: 30 miles (48km)

Duration: 4 nights, 3 walking days

Minimum/maximum daily distances: 8 miles (13km)/12 miles (19km)

Waymarking: The Mendip Way is extensively waymarked and is very easy to follow.

Season: All year

Starting point of holiday: Uphill, Weston-super-Mare

End of holiday: Wells

Tour code: MWW2

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Uphill

 

Day 2: Uphill to Shipham. 12 miles (19km)

 

Day 3: Shipham to Draycott. 8 miles (13km)

 

Day 4: Draycott to Wells. 10 miles (16km)

 

Day 5: Depart from Wells

What's included?

• 4 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected hotels, inns and guesthouses along the trail.
• Traditional cooked breakfast.
• Door to door luggage transfer.
• Maps and a guidebook describing the trail.
• An information pack containing an itinerary, instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
• Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of your holiday and back from the end of it.
• Emergency assistance

 

 

Travel information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient railway station (start of trail): Weston-super-Mare

Onward travel: There is a frequent bus service between Weston-super-Mare and Uphill (First (Somerset and Avon) Service Number 5). The journey takes approximately 15 minutes.

Most convenient railway station (end of trail): Frome

Wells to Frome railway station: There is a frequent bus service (First (Somerset and Avon) Service Number 161) between Wells and Frome railway station. The journey takes approximately 50 minutes.

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