2024 – Our 75th Anniversary
In 2024 we celebrate our 75th Birthday with a year of walks and talks celebrating the people, landscapes, history and nature of the Quantocks. Find out more in our Anniversary hub…
Quantocks News
Join the Adder survey
Would you like to help survey adders on the hills? The Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme is running a free training day on Saturday 17 March at Crowcombe Village Hall. As part of the Partnership’s legacy, the Friends of the Quantocks …
Counting The Quantocks Red Deer By Drone Survey
For over 30 years there has been an annual count of deer on the Quantock Hills and nearby land, usually on a morning in early March and undertaken by 50 or more volunteers each covering a defined sector so as …
Hawkridge Reservoir Amphibian Patrol Need New Helpers
Hawkridge Reservoir Amphibian Patrol are always looking for new helpers of all ages. Toads, and all other amphibians, cross to their breeding ponds from dusk when conditions are ideal, e.g., damp, and mild. Therefore, we patrol from dusk, for about …
Hair Ice and Needle Ice
With the recent colder weather there have been a number of sightings of beautiful hair ice on the Quantocks. It is associated with the presence of the fungus Exidiopsis effusa within decomposing wood. The fungus has a component which stabilises the ice in the hair …
Loss of Hedgerows From Quantock Farmland
While the Landscape Partnership Scheme celebrates hedgerows with wildlife surveys, organises hedge maintenance courses and has been giving substantial grants for planting traditional mixed hedgerows people are generally shocked to learn not only that ancient farm hedges have been recently …
Vehicle Damage on Quantock Common
There has been an increase in casual nocturnal off-roading on both sides of the Stowey – Crowcombe Road with considerable damage around the Dead Woman’s Ditch Car Park. That is in addition to the damage caused by an all night …
New Project Officer – Tracey Roberts
Originally from Yorkshire, Tracey moved to West Somerset twenty-four years ago, fulfilling a long-held dream to live by the sea. In a career managing arts and cultural charities and delivering consultancy across the voluntary and public sectors, and more recently …
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 …
“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 …