Croydon Hill

The walk up Croydon Hill rewards you with proper views across Exmoor and down towards Minehead. It's not a demanding climb - more of a solid afternoon excursion than a full day's work - and the summit gives you sight lines that explain why people bother coming to this corner of Somerset in the first place.

This is walking country, not sightseeing country. You'll find no visitor centre, no cafe, no facilities of any kind. What you get is moorland underfoot, wind in your face, and the kind of quiet that makes you remember why you left home. The peak itself sits at a decent height without being alpine or dramatic. On a clear day it's genuinely worth the effort. On a grey afternoon you'll question your life choices.

Families with decent-aged kids will manage it fine. Toddlers and the unfit will find it tedious. This isn't the softly-softly Exmoor experience - it's a proper walk that takes what, an hour or so up and back down depending on your fitness. Bring water, wear appropriate boots.

Based near Minehead, you're well-positioned for Croydon Hill as part of a broader moorland exploration. The caravan parks round Minehead offer decent access to both this peak and the wider Exmoor landscape. It fits naturally into a week where you're splitting time between coastal walks and higher moorland routes. Not a destination in itself, but a solid component of a proper Exmoor break.