Walks from Bruton

South Somerset pastures, wooded ridge forming the Wiltshire/Somerset boundary, hanging woods, landscaped estate gardens with lakeside walks, grassy U-shaped valley and honey-coloured stone-built town.

Stourhead (National Trust)

Stourhead Estate (National Trust)

Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Narrow steep-sided valleys and coombes, fast-flowing streams, rolling hilltops, honey-coloured stone villages and far views to Wiltshire and Dorset boundary.

Time: 8h30 (6h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Panoramic views. Hill and moorland paths with woodland, fields and with substantial climbs.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Short stretch on a fast-traffic road with limited verge.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Rural walking through fields, but with a section in the middle that is hard to follow on the ground without GPS or map and compass and can be impassable, with bramble nests and blocked stiles and overgrown hedges. Can be reached part-way at South Brewham.

Time: 6h30 (5h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: A section in the middle (between Jerrards Farm and Hentshill Farm, and around Colinshayes to South Brewham) can be completely overgrown and impassable, with blocked stiles, forcing a road diversion. Not a beginner's route; navigation aids are essential.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Valleys, coombes, rolling hilltops, honey-coloured stone village and extended time at art gallery.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: A shorter variant of Bruton Circular or from Castle Cary (Saturday Walkers Club).

South Somerset pastures, wooded ridge, hanging woods, landscaped estate gardens and Iron Age hillfort and Neolithic camp on exposed downland hill.

Time: 9h (7h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: A longer variant of Bruton Circular via Stourhead (Saturday Walkers Club).

South Somerset pastures, wooded ridge, hanging woods, landscaped estate gardens with lakeside walks and grottoes and classical temples.

Stourhead (National Trust)

Stourhead Estate (National Trust)

Time: 8h30 (7h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Source: An alternative variant of Bruton Circular via Stourhead (Saturday Walkers Club).

Narrow steep-sided valleys and coombes, fast-flowing streams, rolling hilltops, honey-coloured stone villages and far views to Wiltshire and Dorset boundary.

Time: 9h (7h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Can be muddy.

Source: An alternative variant of Bruton Circular or from Castle Cary (Saturday Walkers Club).