Dunkery Beacon
3 classifications here — Current County/UA Top, Marilyn and HuMP — belong to lists OpenFell holds only part of, so they have no list page. See how far the coverage goes.
- Height
- 519.9 m · 1,706 ft
- Prominence
- 414 m
- Grid reference
- SS 89150 41596
- Coordinates
- 51.16278, -3.58673
- County / area
- Somerset
- County top
- Highest point of Somerset
- Region
- South Central England
- OS Landranger
- 181
- OS Explorer
- OL9E
- Summit feature
- large cairn
- Key col
- SS 7705 0263 (105.9 m)
Access rights here
Conditional Right to roam: Right to roam only on mapped CRoW open access land.
Permission needed Wild camping: Needs the landowner's permission — the Dartmoor commons are the only exception in England.
General position for England — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in England ·check another location.
Daylight at this summit today
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- Civil twilight ends
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Computed astronomically for 51.163, -3.587. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.
Summit weather live
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Forecast adjusted to summit altitude. Weather data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0).
Finding the summit
The recorded summit point is large cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.
- Survey method
- Abney level
- Record revised
- 03-Jun-24
- Drop measured from
- SS 7705 0263 · 105.9 m
Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.
Long-distance paths past this hill
2 waymarked long-distance routes run within 2.5 km of the summit — useful if you are linking this hill into a longer walk, or want a made path for the approach.
| Route | Total length | From summit |
|---|---|---|
| Macmillan Way West | 97 km | over the top |
| Coleridge Way | 88 km | 1.9 km |
Route lines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); distance from the summit computed by OpenFell.
Get food nearby
3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).
| Place | Type | Rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kealrise | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 4.6 km · N |
| The Horner Tea Gardens | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 5 out of 5 | 4.7 km · N |
| Exmoor Social Club | Pub/bar/nightclub | 4 out of 5 | 4.8 km · SW |
Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.
Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.