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A walk around

On of ’s smallest towns, built on the cloth trade, nestles under the

 Historic Buildings  Festivals, Carvival, Markets  Museum  Local Crafts & Produce

One of a series of car-free Guides to the Levels & Moors Find out more at www.explorelevelsandmoors.co.uk A Walk around Axbridge Distance—2.6km (1.6 miles), using shortcut 2km (1.2 miles) Terrain—fairly flat, mostly on pavements, part on a drove 2. Walk up High Street, between (track) that can be muddy a er wet weather. King John’s Hunng Lodge and the Please be careful crossing St. Mary’s Street/Cheddar Road. Lamb pub. Noce the well preserved medieval houses, the Drugstore Gallery and the ‘Roxy Cinema’, a community cinema that operates 1.START: In the Square, where you from No.36. Turn right into Horn can see the half-mbered King John’s Lane 3. Follow this narrow lane towards Hunng Lodge (NT), which holds the the church. St. John the Bapst Axbridge Museum and Visitor Church is well worth a look— it Informaon. The Square is also home dates from the 1400’s. Do not to the Town Hall. descend the steps to the Square but walk around to the le (eastwards) and turn right down Church Lane.

4. With care, cross Church Lane and turn le . You will pass the Crown 3 Inn on your le . Connue up the hill 2 (St. Mary’s Street then Cheddar 4 Road). Turn right at the sign ‘Reservoir’ and walk down the lane 1 to the . 7 P

7. Return to the Square; visit the 5 Museum, or stop for refreshments at The Lamb Public House or the Oak 6 House (hotel and restaurant). There is also the Crown Inn on St. Mary’s Street. The Axbridge Butchers sells award-winning sausages.

6. Connue along the drove unl you KEY 5. You can either walk round part of reach the Farm Shop on Bus Stop BS – the reservoir edge, which gives good your le . Liz Sco rears Aberdeen Car Park P views of the Mendips, and descend Angus cale, and the farm shop sells Pub/Restaurant – a full range of beef products, as well to join a drove (track) OR take a shortcut by retracing your steps Public Toilets T as her neighbour's lamb, free range Map not to scale chickens and Pork. Read approx 50m to the tarmac area and more at www.moorlandfarm.co.uk turn le onto a footpath, which meets the drove. on site. Other informaon A monthly Farmers Market takes place on the 1st Saturday of the month. Also see www.axbridge-tc.gov.uk Facts about Axbridge The Strawberry Line (pictured right) is a walking and cycling path from Yaon to Cheddar and passing through Axbridge. It follows the line of the old railway, famous for transporng Cheddar Valley strawberries and other goods to and beyond. Every ten years, the Axbridge Pageant tells the 1000-year story of the town, which hundreds of residents perform over the course of a weekend. The town was a centre for cloth producon in the Tudor period, with the being navigable to the town. Axbridge, like many Somerset towns, has a Carnival in September but also has the Axbridge Showcase on the first Bank Holiday in May. This features the Farmers Market, trade stalls, table-top sales, entertainment, music and local food. How to find Axbridge Axbridge is located just south of the Mendip Hills, 3km to the west of Cheddar, and 1km to the east of the A38. Central Axbridge postcode: BS26 2AP OS Grid Ref: ST431545 Map is for illustraon only—use OS Maps Explorer 141 or Landranger 182 Public Transport Buses stop in the Square and come from Cheddar, Weston-super-Mare and Burnham -on-Sea. See Traveline for details—www.traveline.info or tel: 0871 2002233. To find other car-free guides and ineraries, visit www.explorelevelsandmoors.co.uk For informaon on Somerset, visit www.visitsomerset.co.uk Funded by Levels & Moors Local Acon for Rural Communies (LARC). Wrien & designed by Ma Day, Somerset Towns Forum. Thanks to all who helped. Printed by FWB Prinng Ltd.