For those who enjoy an active vacation, we have lots of suggestions in Somerset. Use our Travel Guide as a source of inspiration for planning your next adventure and browse through descriptions and route details of the most beautiful trail runs.
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The 10 Most Beautiful trail runs in Somerset

Trail Running
· United Kingdom
The EXND Ultra
Difficulty
difficult
120.1 km
22:15 h
3,006 m
3,018 m
Welcome to the EXND ULTRA!
The route starts in Minehead and ends at Instow
We hope you enjoy the route as much as we do, weather you run it as part of our race company, or you just take yourself out on the coast and do it for fun yourselves!
Trail Running
· United Kingdom
Butcombe Trail Ultramarathon (2018) - 50 Mile
Difficulty
difficult
80.7 km
13:11 h
1,582 m
1,582 m
Butcombe Trail 50 Mile Ultramarathon Route for 2018

Trail Running
· United Kingdom
Wookey Hole to Priddy via Ebbor Gorge
Difficulty
moderate
10.2 km
1:42 h
205 m
202 m
From Wookey Hole to Priddy via a climb up Ebbor Gorge and back via Deerleap.

Trail Running
· United Kingdom
Back 2 Black Ashton Court
Difficulty
moderate
10 km
1:37 h
205 m
205 m
Back 2 Black moves to Ashton Court for 2021 with choice of 10K or 5K races plus support events for children aged 3-11.
Trail Running
· United Kingdom
The Butcombe Trail- mostly offroad
Difficulty
moderate
74.9 km
21:01 h
1,438 m
1,437 m
The Butcombe Trail- mostly offroadProposed route for the The Butcombe Trail Ultra (may be out of date)
Trail Running
· United Kingdom
The Winter Green Man Ultra 45-mile route
Difficulty
moderate
73.5 km
27:30 h
931 m
931 m
Route of the winter Green Man Ultra race, a 45-mile anti-clockwise loop around Bristol (GMU45). Correct as of February 2020If you're looking for GPX files and/or the route for the 30-mile Green Boy, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/greenmanchallenge/permalink/2743433529097730/

Trail Running
· United Kingdom
Devon Coast to Coast full route
Difficulty
difficult
172.9 km
28:10 h
3,430 m
3,370 m
Devon Coast to Coast Ultra Marathon.Starting in Wembury, in the beautiful South Hams, you will follow the 17 mile Erme-Plym Trail to Ivybridge where you will meet the Two Moors Way, a 100 mile waymarked trail from the South of Dartmoor to North of Exmoor where it meets the sea in Lynmouth.
Trail Running
· United Kingdom
Back2Black 2020
Difficulty
moderate
10 km
3:16 h
164 m
165 m
Starts and finishes at leigh Court, and diverts from the 5k course before competing a longer loop of the woods via Coronation Avenue.
Trail Running
· United Kingdom
The Summer Green Man Ultra 45-mile route
Difficulty
moderate
74.1 km
26:46 h
941 m
941 m
Route of the summer Green Man Ultra race, a 45-mile clockwise loop around Bristol (GMU45). Correct as of August 2019
Trail Running
· United Kingdom
Winter Green Man Ultra 30-mile route (Green Boy)
Difficulty
moderate
47 km
16:59 h
568 m
563 m
Route of the Winter Green Man Ultra race, a 30-mile clockwise 3/4 loop around Bristol, aka the Green Boy (GMU30). Correct as of February 2020
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Wookey Hole to Priddy via Ebbor Gorge by David
December 19, 2021
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Butcombe Trail Ultramarathon (2018) - 50 Mile by Terry
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