Things Change
During the last Devensian ice age, for around 50,000 years the Quantocks sat a little south of a vast wall of ice, sitting roughly where Bristol is now. The leading edge of this ice sheet lay roughly along a diagonal …
Quantocks News
“The Winter King” Quantock Locations
During the summer of 2022 you may have spotted a number of vehicles, horses and Arthurian soldiers wondering about the hills and now you can see the results on ITVX. Production company Bad Wolf used a number of local locations to …
Aisholt Lime Kiln
A project to preserve an historic lime kiln located at Aisholt in the Quantock Hills, has recently been completed. Robert White, of Durborough Farm and brother-in-law, Peter Baker, have been working on the preservation project over the last eighteen months, …
Quietly Disappearing From Our Countryside?
A familiar sight for many has been quietly disappearing from the countryside right before our eyes; within a generation it may be consigned to history…the humble small bale. When did you last see them dotted in reassuring lines across a …
Quantock streams: More than just water
One morning a month I can be found with my colleague Mike Laver on the banks of one of three streams on the East side of the Quantocks, either standing in the stream wielding an orange net or peering into …
Working for Action over the Destruction of Hedgerows
Hedges for animal habitats, hedges as history, hedges for soil erosion, hedges for biodiversity, hedges as carbon sinks, hedges as flood defences, hedges for winter food, hedges for rare plants, hedges as regional features, it seems everybody loves English hedgerows …
FoQ is Looking for a New Publicity & Events Manager
We are a charity that works to help safeguard the landscape and natural environment of the Quantock Hills and its surroundings, for example by responding to planning applications, carrying-out wildlife and habitat surveys and running events. We own some land …
Quantock September Events
If you would like this information directly to your inbox with early access to Friends of the Quantocks events, a quarterly newsletter and annual publication about all things Quantock, why not become a member? There is also the opportunity to get involved …
Rhododendron: Beautiful but DEADLY
It may be beautiful but it is also DEADLY and we are asking everyone for their help, simply photograph and upload to the iNaturalist app – it only takes seconds. Rhododendron – it is not native and it continues its …