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Dunkery Beacon

Located in Cutcombe, West Somerset District Coordinates: 51°09′45″ N 3°35′12″ W

Dunkery Beacon
The original uploader was Mark J at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
519 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Luccombe
2.7 km NW
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
July–August
See the climate
Airports
CWL Cardiff International Airport31 km
EXT Exeter International Airport49 km

About Dunkery Beacon

Dunkery Beacon is a mountain. Location: Cutcombe, West Somerset District. Elevation: 519 m.

From Wikipedia

Dunkery Beacon at the summit of Dunkery Hill is the highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset, England. It is also the highest point in southern England outside of Dartmoor. The sandstone hill rises to 519 metres (1,703 ft) and provides views over the surrounding moorland, the Bristol Channel and hills up to 86 miles (138 km) away. The site has been visited by humans since the Bronze Age, and contains several burial mounds in the form of cairns and bowl barrows.

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Climate of Dunkery Beacon

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 8° · Night 3° · Rain 155 mm

Hottest month
July (day 18°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
December (158 mm)
Driest month
May (80 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Dunkery Beacon
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°5°7°9°13°15°18°17°15°11°8°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°1°2°5°7°10°10°8°5°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)15411011583808184100114134155158

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Dunkery Beacon

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 31 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Cardiff, 45 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 31 kmnortheast
  • Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 49 kmsouth
  • Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 65 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Cardiff Population: 372.1K 45 kmnortheast
  • Exeter Population: 130.7K 49 kmsouth
  • Swansea Population: 300.4K 57 kmnorthwest
  • Newport Population: 161.5K 63 kmnortheast
  • Bristol Population: 479K 76 kmnortheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Dunkery Beacon

Within 100 km: 559 historic and cultural sites, 1,563 natural sites, 173 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km137 places

  • Wimbleball Lake Lake 14 kmSE
  • Culbone Hill Mountain 9 kmNW
  • Selworthy Beacon Mountain 7 kmN
  • Periton Hill Mountain 6 kmNE

25–60 km678 places

  • Saunton Sands Beach 45 kmW
  • Putsborough Beach Beach 44 kmW
  • Kilve Beach Beach 25 kmE
  • Steep Holm Island 39 kmNE

60–100 km1,480 places

  • Goodrington Sands Beach 83 kmS
  • Chesil Beach Beach 93 kmSE
  • Charmouth Beach Beach 68 kmSE
  • Oddicombe Beach Beach 76 kmS

Straight-line distances.

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