Lighthouse · 1 km off the route
Lynmouth Foreland Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Countisbury, North Devon, England, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Christopher Ware, CC BY-SA 2.0Exmoor coast and moor
The A39 coast road over Porlock Hill and Countisbury to Lynmouth, then back across the open moor through Simonsbath and Exford.
- Distance
- 53 miles (86 km)
- Type
- Loop
- Where
- Exmoor
Plotted by us, not yet ridden
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
A39B3234A399B3358B3223B3224A396
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 26 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 5
- Curvature
- 153 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 23
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 19 to mile 44. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 4 to mile 24, at 181 degrees of turning a mile.
- One motorcycle shop is within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- Porlock Hill on the A39 is 1 in 4 with hairpins. The toll road alongside is gentler.
- Ponies and sheep on the open moor.
On the way
- Minehead
- Porlock
- County Gate
- Lynmouth
- Simonsbath
- Exford
- Wheddon Cross
- Dunster
- Minehead
Ready to ride it?
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What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Castle · 0.8 km off the route
Beacon Castle
Castle in Martinhoe, Devon, England, UK.
Castle · On the route
Dunster Castle
Grade I listed historic house museum in Dunster, Somerset. UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Mike Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · On the route
Post-medieval pottery kiln 360m NNE of the Castle
Castle in Dunster, Somerset, England, UK.
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.