Quantock Hills
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The Quantock Hills are a range of hills near Bridgwater in Somerset in the south-west of England. The hills are officially designated as the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The highest point on the Quantocks is Will's Neck at 384 metres (1261 feet). The hills form the southern border of Sedgemoor and the Somerset Levels. To the south of the Hills lies the vale of Taunton Deane. The range runs north-westwards for over 15 miles and ends at West Quantoxhead. From the top of the hills it is possible to see, on a clear day, Glastonbury Tor and the Mendips in the East, Wales as far as the Gower Peninsula in the North, Exmoor in the West and the Blackdown Hills in the South.
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The Hills in Film
In 2000 the film Pandaemonium, based on the lives of poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was set in the hills.
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The Quantock Hills are designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
See also
External links
- Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Website (http://www.quantockhills.com/)
- Quantock Online (http://www.quantockonline.co.uk/)