Wheddon Cross and Cutcombe community website on Exmoor

Snowdrop Valley 2010

Please note that the park and ride scheme had now finished
The walking route will still be signed until 7th March 2010.
Please wear wellies/walking boots as it is very muddy.

Details regarding 2011 will appear on this site when they become available
Snowdrop Valley Map
Downloadable brochure
Snowdrop Valley Questionaire
Please let us know what you thought of your visit.
Download the questionnaire, fill in and
email to snowdropvalley@googlemail.com

This hidden valley is owned by the Badgworthy Land Company and is an ESA (Environmentally Sensitive Area) and situated on the River Avill.

The Park and Ride scheme from Wheddon Cross to Snowdrop Valley is run
by Cutcombe Parish Council with ENPA, Badgworthy Land
Company and Exmoor Farmers thus enabling visitors to reach the valley
without having to take their cars down the narrow country lanes that lead to it.

WALKING
See map and follow the snowdrop symbols.
Wear appropriate clothing and footwear for winter walking.
Allow at least 1 ½ hours for return trip.

If you plan on staying overnight or for a few days visit our accommodation pages

A selection of pictures taken in Snowdrop Valley

Snowdrop Valley Wheddon Cross in February

A collection of fungi spotted in Snowdrop Valley Wheddon Cross in February

Snowdrop Valley in late January. Picture provided by Helen from BBC Somerset Sound

Photograph by D J Photography

Photograph by D J Photography

Cutcombe Church

The parish church of St John the Evangelist is amongst the highest on Exmoor.

The church is ½ m. from the main road, and has undergone extensive restoration.

Exmoor Park Visitor Centre - Dulverton Tel: 01398 323841
Exmoor National Park office 01398 323665

Please remember the Countryside Code Map to walk to the valley

We recommend wellies or stout walking shoes!

www.wheddoncross.org.uk/accommodation.htm
www.exmoor-online.co.uk
www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/somersetsound
www.holidayinminehead.co.uk

www.wheddoncross.org.uk/snowdropvalley.htm

Coaches and groups must contact snowdropvalley@googlemail.com to make arrangements. Roads into the valley will be closed using a legal road closure order and vehicles entering the valley without permission may be reported to the police.

Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear for winter walking.

If you are planning to visit Snowdrop Valley why not return to the area and spend a few days walking The Coleridge Way, 36 miles through the stunning Somerset countryside of the Quantock Hills, Brendon Hills and Exmoor. The route takes you from Nether Stowey to Porlock and passes through the villages of Holford, West Quantoxhead, Bicknoller, Monksilver, Roadwater, Luxborough and Wheddon Cross, close to Snowdrop Valley.

For more information visit the Coleridge Way or ring Porlock Visitor Centre on 01643 863150

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